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The  Holiness  Revival 
of  the  Past  Century 


Commemorative    of  the 

National  Holiness 
Camp  Meeting  Association 

Its  Work 

and  the  Philadelphia  Friday  Meeting 

With  Chronological  Notes 
from  the  Writer's  Journal,— 
Supplementary. 


By  J.  E.  A. 
Author  of  the  People's  Hand-Book 
of  the  Bible 

1018  Arch  Street,  Philadelphia 


To  the  survivors, — relatives  and  Friends  of  the 
chief  Actors, — Leaders  in  the  wonderful  Revival  of 
the  past  Century,  and  the  Torches  they  lighted,  still 
burning  on,  particularly;  and  to  all  the  lovers  of 
Holiness, 

Is  this  volume  lovingly 
Inscribed  by 

The  Author. 


TOPICAL  INDEX 


FRONTISPIECE 
INTRODUCTORY 

Book  I 
Chapter  I 

THE  COOK  MAN  FAMILY 
II 

In  America.    Birth  of  Alfred. 
Ill 

Lost  at  Sea.    Alfred's  Progress. 
IV 

Beginning  His  Ministry.  Marriage.  Recovers 
Witness  of  Heart  Purity.  Till  the  Holiness 
Movement. 


Part  II 
Chapter  I 

Origin  and  Progress  of  the  Holiness  C.  M.  Asso- 
ciation.   Cookmans  Gifts,  grace  and  usefulness. 


II 

Closing  Days  of  an  Apostolic  Ministry. 
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Book  II 
Chapter  I 

Life,  Marriage,  Ministry  of  J.  S.  Inskip,  till 
their  Sanctification.  ''First  Buddings"  of  the 
Holiness  Awakening. 

II 

Rise  and  Progress  of  this  Radical  Work. 
Ill 

The  Revival, — Till  Round  the  World  Tour 
IV 

Round  the  World  Mission. 
V 

Fought  the  Good  Fight,  Finished  the  Course. 

Book  III 
Chapter  I 

The  Friday  Meeting. 
II 

Notes  from  My  Journal,  etc., — Supplementary. 


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INTRODUCTORY 


AND  a  HIGHWAY  SHALL  be  THERE, 

and  it  shall  be  called  the  way  of  holiness. 

Is.  35  C. 

It  was  at  the  desire  of  some  for  a  Souvenir 
account  of  our  Friday  Meeting  and  work  of  the 
National  HoHness  C.  M.  Association,  commemora- 
tive^ that  I  undertook  the  pleasing,  hut  no  easy  task 
—in  delicate  health,  and 

Nearing  the  gloom  of  the  evenfall. 

But,  heing  the  only  attendant  from  our  first  Meet- 
ings for  many  years  ;  and  like  the  author  of  Luke's 
gospel,  having  traced  the  course  of  all  things  from 
the  first,  so  it  seemed  good  for  me  also,  to  write. 

And  this  I've  done,  as  a  work  of  Faith  and  lahor 
of  love,  feeling  my  dependence  on  the  Spirit's  inspir- 
ing help ;  trusting  that  the  simple  story,  with  the 
names  of  its  Spirit  filled  Leaders  in  the  foregroimd, 
as  they  will  be  made  to  appear ;  the  standard  bearers 
in  the  Holiness  Movement  of  the  past  century, 
which,  like  a  tidal  wave  from  Heaven,  swept  over 
our  land,  leaving  its  conviction  on  the  mind  and 
heart  of  men  and  women,  for  a  higher,  holier  type 
of  Christly  man  and  womanhood,  in  the  Christ's 
Holy  Church  : — 


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This, — through  the  soul's  gleam  and  gloom, 
(known  to  authors), — along  in  the  course  of  prepa- 
ration, with  tears  of  joy  and  sorrow  mingled,  is 
herewith  dedicated  to  the  Head  of  the  Church  - 
triumphant  and  militant ;  with  Prayer,  that  the  Work  ^ 
God  will  honor,  in  the  rekindling  of  the  old  time, 
Pentecostal  flame,  in  not  a  few  of  its  readers'  hearts 
and  lives. — Amen. 

In  the  preparation  of  this  Memorial,  Book  I,  II, 
I  have  used  the  Life  of  Alfred  Cookman  and  T.  S. 
Inskip — (the  two  leading  spirits  in  the  Holiness 
campaign), — so  complete  in  historic,  personal  and 
spiritual  interest. 

The  first,  by  his  life  long  friend,  Rev.  H.  B.  Ridg- 
away,  who  has  portrayed  his  subject  and  ministry 
as  with  an  ideal  beauty  of  perfection.  The  second, 
by  his  associate  friend,  Rev.  Wm.  McDonald. 

The    FRIDAY    MEETING,    NOTES    from    MY  JOURNAL, 

with  Personal  Experiences, — Book  III,  brings  us  to 
"The  End"  of  our  task  and  happy  toil. 
Philadelphia,  November  4,  1913.  J.  E.  A. 


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BOOK  I 

CHAPTER  I 
THE  COOK  MAN  FAMILY 

In  reading  the  lives  of  great  and  good  men  and 
women, — the  Reformers,  persons  who  have  risen  to 
eminence  and  usefulness,  we  not  only  feel  a  desire 
to  be  like  them;  but  (though  unconsciously  to  our- 
selves, it  may  be),  like  beholding  as  in  a  mirror,  our 
ideal,  we  become  in  some  degree,  changed  into  the 
same  im.age.  But  also,  in  agreement  with  the  law  of 
cause  and  effect  both  in  the  natural  and  spiritual 
world,  we  are  led,  naturally  and  intuitively,  to  feel 
an  interest  in,  and  desire  to  know,  "The  rock  whence 
they  were  hewn ;  to  look  unto  their  Father  Abraham, 
and  to  Sarah,  that  bare  them." 

And  this,  our  author  in  his  Life  of  Alfred  Cook- 
man,  has  wisely  anticipated  in  the  first  five  chapters 
of  his  biography,  prefaced  by  Bishop  Foster's  intro- 
duction, in  which  he  truly  says,  "The  author  has 
left  nothing  to  be  added  or  desired." 

From  the  ancestral  Family  Tree,  we  read  of  the 
rising  fame  of  the  father, — spreading  abroad,  both 
in  America  and  his  native  land. 

George  Grimston  Cookman  was  the  first  born  of 
George  and  Mary  Cookman,  natus  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, February  21,  1800.  The  father,  a  Methodist 
local  preacher,  rose  to  be  Mayor  of  Hull,  and  his 


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home  became  a  centre  of  Methodist  influence. 
*  *  *  But  it  appears  that  the  mother  was  the 
inspiration  of  the  Cookman  home.  A  Methodist, 
and  persecuted  for  her  Faith  by  her  own  family,  she 
learned  what  it  was  to  hold  fast  the  Faith  once 
delivered  to  the  saints.  At  the  shrine  of  her  self 
denying  piety,  was  kindled  the  flame  of  the  future 
missionary's  zeal.  (The  son's  desire  was  to  go  as 
a  missionary  to  Africa.)  Here,  after  showing  the 
contrast  between  the  father  and  mother,  the  author 
adds : — Thus  we  see  in  the  parent  stock,  those 
qualities  in  transmission,  necessary  to  true  greatness 
and  goodness  in  the  son.  (I  will  add  here  that  true 
goodness,  even  without  talent  or  genius,  is  true 
greatness.)* 

Of  himself  George  writes :  "Never  was  a  child 
more  carefully  trained  by  Christian  parents,  than 
myself."  *  *  *  He  became  the  subject  of  deep 
conviction  of  sin ;  every  night,  fearing  the  end  of 
the  world.  At  i8,  while  teaching  in  Sunday  School, 
he  was  troubled  on  account  of  his  evil  habits. 

I  talk  to  them  said  he,  about  God,  but  I  myself 
am  serving  the  devil.  While  under  the  lashings  of 
conscience,  he  became  tired  of  life.  Tried  to  drown 
his  convictions  in  business.    He  would  go  into  secret 


Vide  more,  p.  ,  _ 

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places,  garrets,  fields,  hedges,  seeking  for  rest,  with 
strong  crying  and  tears. 

(O  how  like  my  own  sad  experience,  beginning 

1851!) 

Nine  months  was  he  seeking  the  Lord. 

One  Saturday  night,  for  acrimonious  words  to  a 
relative,  this  troubled  him :  Let  not  the  sun  go  down 
on  your  wrath.  At  2  o'clock  he  awoke,  feeling  him- 
self ready  to  sink  into  the  bottomless  pit.  He  cried 
to  God.  Suddenly,  he  caught  a  glimpse  of  Jesus  on 
the  cross.  Then  a  great  calm  followed,  with  a  whis- 
pered assurance  of  sins  forgiven.  O  what  a  bright 
morn  that  Sabbath  must  have  brought ! 

He  now  gave  himself  to  work  for  Jesus,  feeling 
with  Paul,  that  woe  is  unto  me  if  I  preach  not  the 
gospel. 

In  1821,  we  find  him  in  America,  about  his  father's 
business.  January  22,  '23,  he  writes  :  I've  been  com- 
posing my  first  sermon.  His  first  efforts  at  Hull 
gave  promise  of  his  future  greatness.  In  his  attempt 
to  preach  one  evening  in  Scott  Chapel,  he  became 
greatly  depressed.  But  to  his  amazement,  the  people 
told  him  he  did  well  and  helped  them. 

In  his  first  forum  address,  he  began  to  earn  the 
reputation  of  Prince  of  platform  speakers. 

March  28,  1825,  Mr.  Cookman  left  England  for 
America,  on  the  Orient.     Among  his  studies,  he 

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mentions  Butlers  Analogy,  Baxters  Gildas  Salvianus 
and  Saints  Rest.  He  writes :  "I've  been  thinking 
of  Baxters  warning  against  settling  anywhere  below 
God,  But  alas !  I  find  my  heart  would  rest  in  crea- 
ture love. — A  church,  popular  favor,  etc.  One  of 
Satan's  devices." 

Sunday,  May  i6,  the  Orient  sailed  up  the  Dela- 
ware. Meanwhile,  Mr.  Cookman  had  preached  and 
worked  among  the  men,  as  a  missionary. 

II 

IN  AMERICA.     BIRTH  OF  ALFRED. 

We  next  find  Mr.  Cookman  as  a  local  preacher  in 
St.  Georges.  Then,  in  1826,  appointed  to  Kensing- 
ton and  St.  Johns  Church,  his  heart  still  on  Africa. 
But  on  advice  of  Bishop  George,  he  seems  to  have 
awaited  the  prospective  opening  of  a  mission  among 
the  blacks  in  the  South.  About  this  time,  we  notice 
him  say,  I  had  a  good  time  preaching  on  Christian 
perfection. 

Anent  the  disappointment,  the  young  Preacher 
philosophizes  :  The  question  is,  Has  the  purpose  of 
God  been  frustrated  in  the  change  of  my  plans? 
Impulsiveness  has  been  one  of  my  failings,  and  I've 
yet  to  learn  that  Christly  virtue  of  patience. — It  was 
the  ardent  temperament  of  his  mother, — the  spring 
of  her  son's  power. 


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February,  '27,  he  is  back  to  his  native  land,  and 
April  2  that  year,  marries  Miss  Mary  Barton,  re- 
turning with  his  bride  to  America  the  following  day. 

This  same  spring,  he  is  sent  to  Lancaster,  a  six 
weeks'  circuit,  their  residence  being  at  Columbia. 
Here,  January  4,  1828,  Alfred, — a  healthful,  lovely 
babe,  is  born,  to  be  a  new  spring  and  source  of  light 
and  joy,  in  the  heart  and  home  of  the  now  happier 
husband  and  wife. 

The  birth  of  Alfred  changed  the  purpose  of  the 
young  wife, — to  be  a  worker  together  with  her  itin- 
erant husband,  to  that  of  a  nursing  mother.  She 
believed  there  is  no  higher,  holier  mission  for 
woman,  than  to  be  a  housekeeper  (R.  V.  worker),  at 
home ;  no  greater  function,  than  that  of  matron. 
And  with  the  true,  womanly  instinct,  she  foresaw 
that  to  lose  herself  in  her  firstborn,  to  train  him  for 
a  Heaven  born  ministry,  was  the  worthiest  ambition 
that  could  fill  a  woman's  heart.  Though  her  favor- 
ite plan  was  spoiled,  a  happy  thought  struck  her — : 
Henceforth,  her  Alfred  was  to  be  her  Solomon,  to 
erect  the  Temple  she  herself  was  not  to  rear. 

Obs. — The  suffrag-ette  craze  in  England,  headed 
by  a  Mrs.  Pankhurst,  and  lesser  aspirants  in 
America,  had  not  yet  got  possession  of  a  class  of 
females,  who,  in  their  zeal  to  right  the  wrongs  in 
the  State,  are  going  about  it  in  the  wrong  way; 
hurting  their  cause  also,  by  their  unseemly,  mascu- 
line parading  and  open  acts  of  violence 


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The  fact  is,  the  "wrong's"  are  in  part,  eharg-eable 
to  women's  neg-lect  of  duty  at  home; — in  not  giving 
heed  to  the  law^  of  God,  dictated  to  woman  in  the 
Old  and  New  Testaments. 

0  that  our  home  land  were  blessed  with  such 
mothers  as  Susannah  Wesley  and  Mrs.  Cookman. 
having  their  children  in  subjection!  But,  alas!  the 
boys  and  girls  are  let  to  grow  up  without  that  nur- 
ture,— R.  v.,  chastening,  and  admonition  in  the  Lord, 
— the  safeguard  of  a  country's  peace,  the  prevent- 
ive of  the  evils  complained  of. 

1  quote  the  utterances  of  some  in  Chicago: — - 
"Suffragettes  cannot  accept  the  Bible  literally.  It 
was  written  by  men  when  women  were  their  chat- 
tels. The  place  g-iven  to  women  in  our  Bible,  has 
kept  them  out  of  their  rights  as  the  equals  of  men. 
The  Book  needs  revising-.  It  is  not  up  to  date." 
Hear,  O  Heavens! 

It  was  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  spring  of  '28,  at 
the  anniversary  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible  Society, 
when  a  Methodist  Preacher,  small  of  stature,  arose 
and  electrified  the  audience,  reminding  of  the  dehut 
of  Summerfield  at  such  a  Meeting  in  New  York. 
The  subject  was  Christian  union.  Among  the  various 
creeds  present,  he  marshalled  the  spiritual  army : — 

The  Methodists  were  the  mounted  volunteers,  on 
the  borders.  Presbyterians,  the  infantry  in  solid 
colum.ns ;  Baptists,  along  the  rivers  and  lakes  in 
their  peculiar  warfare  ;  Episcopalians,  to  inspect  the 
magazines  and  man  the  batteries.  The  artillerymen 
were  the  Dutch  Reformed,  to  acquit  themselves  like 
De  Witt,  who  swept  the  sea,  and  Van  Tromp  who 
shook  the  ocean. 


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Then,  he  warned  them  against  a  spy  in  the  camp : 
— old,  gray  headed,  toothless,  crooked,  unsavory, — 
drawing  a  picture  of  Bigotry.  He  hoped,  if  the 
Methodists  caught  sight  of  him,  they  would  ride  him 
down ;  the  Presbyterians  bayonet  him ;  the  Episco- 
palians, open  a  flanked  battery  on  him  ;  the  Baptists, 
drown  him  ;  the  Dutch  Reformed,  greet  him  with  a 
round  of  artillery.  Let  him  die  the  death  of  a  spy, 
without  honor;  and  after  gibbeting,  his  body  be 
given  to  the  Quakers  to  bury  deep  in  silence.  And 
God  forbid  his  ghost  ever  to  rise  again ! 

Such  a  militant  array  conception,  is  worthy  the 
genius  of  a  Bunyan. 

In  1829,  our  itinerant  is  sent  to  Talbot  circuit, 
Maryland.  He  had  dreamed  in  England,  of  one  day 
preaching  to  the  blacks  in  Maryland.  Here  it  was, 
he  never  found  closer  friends  among  both  black  and 
white.  Frederick  Douglas  says :  Our  souls  and 
bodies  were  precious  in  Bro.  Cookman's  eyes.  When 
at  our  house,  we  were  called  to  Prayer,  inquiring 
into  the  state  of  our  souls  particularly. 

But  what  about  Alfred? — His  mother  says,  at  four 
years  of  age,  he  would  be  chasing  the  butterflies,  or 
playing  with  the  little  negro  boys  and  girls.  Then, 
(taking  after  his  father),  would  preach  to  them, 
saying,  that  if  good,  they  would  go  to  Heaven;  if 
bad,  to  hell  when  they  died.    Then,  for  any  who 


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wanted  to  be  baptized,  he  would  call  for  water : — 
''Bob  Trot,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the  Father, 
Son  and  Holy  Spirit,  Amen.    God  bless  you." 

He  would  go  through  the  order  of  the  Church 
service,  as  if  already  ordained. 

And  so,  there  are,  in  the  ways  of  children,  that 
which  forecasts  their  future.  And  the  mother  sed- 
ulously directed  this  trait,  so  prophetic  of  Alfred's 
future  pre-eminence. 

His  father  taught  him  to  "work  when  you  work, 
and  play  when  you  play." 

Next,  we  trace  Mr,  Cookman  back  to  St.  George's, 
then  to  Newark,  N.  J. ;  and  his  next  appointment  to 
Baltimore,  in  1834.  In  the  spring  of  1836,  he  is  read 
off  for  Carlisle,  Pa.  The  Methodists  had  purchased 
Dickinson  College  of  the  Presbyterians,  concentrat- 
ing the  brightest  talent  of  our  church,  there.  J.  P. 
Durbin  was  President.  Geo.  Cookman,  as  the  ablest 
preacher,  was  sent  to  represent  both  the  town  and 
school.  In  the  parlor,  the  pulpit,  or  Meeting,  he 
shone  as  the  acknowledged  conductor.  From  such  a 
focal  point,  Alfred  received  impressions  and  impulse, 
religious,  social ;  and  from  the  local  scenery,  never 
to  be  forgotten. 

Here  it  was,  that  one  of  the  earliest  of  his  letters, 
— to  his  grandfather  in  England,  dated  January,  '38, 

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displays  the  neat  chirography  for  which  his  Letters 
and  MS.  have  been  admired. 

Whether  his  teacher,  Prof.  R.,  had  to  use  the 
rod  on  his  pupil  while  here,  we  do  not  know.  Once, 
when  four  years  of  age,  he  was  whipped  for  throw- 
ing a  book  at  his  Ma,  and  at  7,  for  fighting  his 
brother  George.  In  the  revival  at  Carlisle,  winter 
of  1838,  Alfred  sought  and  found  the  witness  of  the 
Spirit,  that  he  was  a  child  of  God. 

At  the  Capital. — In  the  following  spring,  Mr. 
Cookman  is  sent  to  Wesley  Chapel,  Washington. 
"No  minister  had  ever  been  there,  who  won  such 
ascendency  over  the  people,  as  George  Cookman." 

A  Senator  writes :  ''In  the  Chapel,  arose  at  the 
desk,  a  slender  figure  5ft.  8in.,  of  a  dark  complexion, 
dark  hair  falling  over  his  forehead ;  lean,  bony  face, 
wide  mouth,  round  breasted  coat,  velvet  collar,  black 
vest  and  pantaloons.  He  made  a  profound  impres- 
sion, and  in  a  few  days  was  raised  to  be  Chaplain 
of  Congress.  The  burden  of  his  preaching  was 
Christ  Jesus  and  Him  crucified." 

Through  all  the  trials  and  temptations  at  the 
Metropolis,  Mr.  Cookman  knew  whence  his  strength 
was  given ;  and  the  evidence  of  the  great  mind,  is  its 
reserve  force;  to  keep  in  store  for  emergency  and 
time  of  need.  In  this,  Mr.  Cookman  was  pre-emi- 
nent. 


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It  was  his  custom  to  take  Alfred  to  the  Senate 
chamber,  and  receive  the  attentions  of  Senators,  and 
in  general  greetings ;  and  his  youthful  heart  swelled 
with  emotions  of  pride,  at  having  such  a  father.  It 
was  while  at  Washington  that  he  lost  the  witness 
of  the  Spirit ;  but  soon  regained  the  lost  pearl,  at  a 
Camp  Meeting. 

In  1840,  he  was  changed  to  Alexandria  City,  D.  C. 
The  only  scrap  of  Alfred  here,  are  the  sights  and 
sounds  of  the  slave  pens  near  the  Parsonage ;  men, 
women  and  children  behind  iron  grates  and  bars,  and 
their  piteous  cries  and  tears,  made  him  ever  after  an 
open  foe  to  the  slave  trade. 

It  was  Mr.  Cookman's  purpose  to  visit  the  land 
of  his  birth  in  the  Spring  of  '41.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  bearing 
with  him  also  the  first  dispatches  from  our  new 
President  Harrison's  administration ;  see  his  father 
and  look  upon  his  mother's  hallowed  resting  place. 

He  was  to  preach  his  valedictory  in  the  Capitol. 
It  was  an  unprecedented  occasion :  The  city  was 
thronged  with  the  elite  of  America.  Everything  in 
the  Chaplain's  favor.  Before  the  hour  appointed,  the 
crowd  had  filled  the  Hall,  John  Quincy  Adams  in  the 
speaker's  chair,  facing  the  preacher..  The  space  was 
filled  with  Senators  and  representatives.   Mr.  Cook- 

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man  knelt  in  a  thrilling  prayer ;  eyes  filled  with  tears 

and  voice  faltering,  as  he  gave  out  and  sung  alone :— - 

When  marshalled  on  the  nig-htly  plain. 
The  glittering  host  bestuds  the  sky, 

The  text  was  Rev.  2o:n,i2,— on  the  day  of  judg- 
ment. They  never  before  heard  it  preached  with 
such  words  of  thrilling  import. 

Closing,  the  preacher  said ;  I  go  to  my  native  land 
to  press  to  my  heart  my  aged  father,  and  drop  a 
tear  upon  my  mother's  grave.  Farewell ;  and  sank 
down,  overpowered  with  emotion,  his  congregation 
all  in  tears. 

I  think  the  author  says  that  there  was  something 
of  the  prophetic  in  the  speaker's  tone  of  voic^. 
And  how  solemnly  prognostic,  the  third  verse 

Once,  on  the  raging  seas  I  rode, 
The  storm  was  loud,  the  night  Avag  dark; 
The  ocean  yawned,  and  rudely  blowed 
The  winds  that  tossed  my  foundring  bark- 

Chapter  IH. 
Lost  at  Sea.    Alfred's  Progress. 

Mr.  Cookman  spent  Sabbath,  March  2,  with  his 
friend,  Dr.  Suddards,  rector  of  Grace  Church,  12th 
and  Cherry  streets,  receiving  the  Holy  supper  at  his 
hands.  On  Thursday,  iith,  he  boarded  the  Steamer 
President  for  Liverpool    *    *    *    *  * 

Obs. — O  how  sad,  how  solemn,  like  requiem  over 
Qur  dead,  to  add  that  here,  suddenly,  abruptly  as 

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mysteriously,  ends  our  story  of  the  Life  of  Bro. 
Cookman.  The  curtain  falls,  and  all  beyond  and 
back,  is  veiled  in  impenetrable  g-loom. — Neverthe- 
less, we  do  know  that  he  embarked  for  England, 
but  was  landed  safe  on  the  Heavenly  shore. 

But.  reminiscent  of  the  fateful  ending-  of  such  a 
life,  the  writer  feels  it  to  be  a  sacred  treasure,  to 
have  the  youthful,  modest,  impressive  image  of  Mr, 
Cookman,  alongside  that  of  Alfred — father  and  son, 
in  his  earthlj^  home. 

The  President,  nor  any  of  the  souls  on  board,  was 
ever  heard  of  more. — As  the  time  arrived  to  come 
into  port,  the  suspense  in  England  and  America,  be- 
came painful  with  all  classes,  until  at  1-a-s-t,  all  hope 
died  out. 

Not  thus  was  it  with  the  stricken  and  bereaved 
wife.  She  lived  months  and  years,  in  hope  of  her 
beloved's  return.  The  home  was  daily  arranged; — 
chair  at  the  table  ready  for  him,  and  everything  in 
order;  trusting  to.  hear  the  husband's  footsteps  and 
see  his  familiar  form  at  the  door,  again. 

AVho,  with  the  writer, — capable  of  entering  into 
such  a  sorrow  as  Mrs.  Cookman  was  called  to  pass 
through,  can  refrain  from  tears  of  sympathy  and 
sorrow,  over  such  a  whelming  grief? 

As  a  storm  was  raging,  the  most  probable  con- 
jecture was,  that  the  vessel  had  foundered  at  sea. 

The  tragic  ending  of  such  a  course,  throws  around 
Bro.  Cookman's  life  a  charm  which  served  rather 
to  deepen  and  extend  his  influence  and  fame. — It 
was  an  overruling  Providence,  that  instead  of  taking 
Alfred  with  him,  it  was  agreed  that  he  should  be 
left  with  hivS  mother,  to  help  take  care  of  the  home 


and  the   other  five  children. — These  were  Marv^ 

George,  Frank,  Will,  and  John  E. 

The  funeral  sermon  by  John  Newland  Malht, 
Washing-ton,  D.  C,  is  so  rich  in  imagery,  that  I  feel 
like  g-iving-  my  readers  an  extract: — - 

■'The  Rev.  Geo.  G.  Cookman  embarked  on  the 
Steamer  President  for  his  native  land.  Of  the  ves- 
sel and  its  precious  freight,  no  tidings  by  wind  or 
wave,  have  reached  us.  Elijah  was  taken  to 
Heaven  in  a  chariot  of  fire.  *  *  *  Fancy  can 
picture  the  President  commissioned  from  above,  to 
transport  Bro.  Cookman  over  life's  troubled  sea,  to 
the  shores  of  immortality.  *  *  *  The  Spirit 
ship  sv^ings  gracefully  down  into  the  whirlpool  of 
the  sinking  President.  An  anchor  drops  wliere  slie 
went  down,  and  one  after  another  of  the  pas- 
sengers, is  taken  on  board." 

Mrs.  Cookman,  instead  of  revelHng  in  her  hns- 
band's  fame,  sunk  into  the  deepest  despondency.  And 
not  moved  by  the  sohcitations  of  friends  to  go  and 
hve  with  loving  relations  in  England,  she  would 
take  two  rooms  and  keep  her  children  with  her.  In 
the  autumn  of  1841,  friends  of  her  husband  gave 
her  a  home  in  Baltimore. 

When  the  mother  would  be  out  on  errands  of 
mercy,  etc.,  Alfred  is  at  home  in  charge  of  the 
house.  He  early  showed  a  genius  in  habits  of  order, 
system,  neatness.  Would  try  to  comfort  the  mother. 
Taught  his  brothers  and  sisters,  not  neglecting  Sun- 
day School,  class  and  Prayer  Meeting.— (I  don't 
know  whether  to  call  him  a  ''Chief  cook,  pot.  and 
bottle  washer"  at  this  stage?)     He  was  naturally 


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serious  and  thoughtful.  The  lassies  looked  to  him 
for  their  valentines. 

In  the  summer  of  1842,  Mrs.  Cookman  renewed 
her  cheerfulness,  having  sought  and  found  the  ex- 
perience of  perfect  love. 

O  bliss  of  the  purified,  bliss  of  the  pure! 

No  wound  hath  the  soul,  Christ's  blood  cannot  cure. 

At  seventeen,  Alfred  manifested  a  growing  in- 
terest in  the  affairs  of  his  country  and  the  Church. 
He  was  now  licensed,  and  felt  acknowledged  to  be 
called  to  the  holy  ministry. 

At  eighteen  he  says  ;  I  took  up  the  trumpet,  fallen 
from  the  hand  of  my  father,  to  preach  the  everlast- 
ing gospel. 

He  was  at  this  time  proficient  in  Latin,  Greek, 
German,  and  French. 

In  1846,  Mrs.  Cookman  changed  her  home  to 
Philadelphia, — Race,  between  10  and  uth  street. 

Chapter  IV. 

Beginning    His    Ministry.    Marriage.  Recovers 
Witness  of  His  Sanctification  in  the  Revival 
OF  1857-8.— Till  the  Holiness  Movement 
OF  1867. 

Alfred's  first  appointment  was  to  Attleboro  ct„ 
Bucks.  Co.  On  parting  with  him  at  the  door,  the 
mother's  charge  to  her  son  was ; — =My  dear  boy,  if 

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you  would  l)e  a  useful  and  happy  servant  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  you  must  seek  the  blessing  of 
holiness. 

Bishop  Hamline  and  wife's  coming  to  Newtown, 
on  this  circuit ;  his  gentle,  dignified  bearing,  devo- 
tional spirit,  illuminated  face,  made  a  profound  im- 
pression on  the  young  itinerant. — He  says  : — While 
we  knelt  all  together  in  Prayer,  I  felt  that  I  had 
received  the  grace  of  a  new  and  clean  heart. 

Of  Alfred's  respect  and  love  for  Bishop  Hamline 
and  wife,  he  writes  to  them  at  Evanston,  Ills.,  from 
Des  Plaines,  C.  M.  Aug-.  19,  '70. 

At  the  conference  in  1847,  against  his  wishes,  he 
was  sent  to  Delaware  circuit,  Del.  It  was  through 
the  story  telling,  joking,  etc.,  at  this  session,  Bro. 
Cookman's  experience,  alas !  received  a  check,  which 
lasted  ten  years. — There  is,  at  our  conferences,  a 
tendency  to  unprofitable  talking.  A  fellow  feeling, 
makes  preachers  wondrous  kind.  Coming  together, 
with  a  fund  of  anecdote,  the  conversation  is  not 
always  fit  to  minister  grace  to  the  hearers. 

In  1848,  his  field  of  labor  is  at  Germantown  and 

Chestnut  Hill.     In  1849-50,  Kensington  and  Port 

Richmond, — his  father's  first  appointment. 

The  story  of  "A  man  in  the  house"  (on  the  day 
the  boy  chang-es  to  a  man)  in  the  mother's  home,  as 
an  illustration  of  both  the  serious  and  dramatic  in 
Alfred,  comes  in  here.  The  alarm  was  g-iven  by 
him  on  that  nig-ht, — "There's  a  man  in  the  house!" 

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arousing-  the  sleepers,  in  dread  of  facing-  a  robber; 
but  in  turn,  to  rejoice,  not  only  in  the  Son  and 
brother's  majority,  but  ready  wit,  in  thus  making- 
the  new  manhood  a  subject  of  still  greater  interest. 

It  was  about  this  time,  adds  our  author,  that  I  first 
saw  Mr.  Cookman  and  heard  him  preach.  He  was 
then  twenty-two,  of  a  handsome,  pleasing  personal 
appearance ;  slight,  erect,  of  a  most  engaging  coun- 
tenance ;  the  more  attractive,  from  the  dark  hair 
falling  down  over  his  neck  and  shoulders. 

In  July,  1850,  we  in  spirit,  follow  him  on  the 
Europa  from  New  York,  on  a  visit  to  his  grand- 
father and  relatives  at  Hull,  England. 

Here  is  a  beautiful  T^etter  to  his  mother,  dated 
Europa,  July  19,  and  another  from  Hull,  July  29,  to 
his  mother  and  family,  that  even  a  Cowper  might 
well  be  proud  of. 

The  welcome,  attentions,  honors,  love  tokens 
Alfred  received  during  this  memorable  visit,  space 
will  not  allow  us  to  record. 

His  Marriage. 

March  6,  185 1,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss 
Annie  E.  Bruner,  of  Columbia,  Pa. 

A  few  weeks  after,  we  read  of  his  appointment  to 
West  Chester. — It  was  the  anniversary  of  the  new 
charge,  and  their  new  Pastor  and  new  wife,  found  a 
warm  hearted  welcome.  Parsonage  put  in  order. 
Tea  spread;  All  things  ready  for  them.  (How 


happy  such  a  Reception  made  Air.  Cookman  and 
wife  feel!) 

Next,  through  the  Itinerant  wheel,  we  follow  Mr. 
Cookman  in  1853,  to  Harrishurg.  And  from  there, 
to  Pittsburgh  in  1855. 

In  a  lady's  album,  while  here,  his  father  had 
written  a  Valentine.  On  the  opposite  page,  Alfred 
now  writes:  It  is  nineteen  years  since  my  beloved 
father  pressed  this  leaf,  and  I  cannot  express  the 
happiness  I  feel,  in  writing-  this  tribute  to  his 
memory.  But  alas!  the  withering-  thought,  like  a 
scorching  Sirocco,  sweeps  over  me,  that  though  he 
•was,  he  is  not. 

Before  this,  the  sea  weed  has  been  his  winding 
sheet,  the  coral  rock  his  pillow.  But  if  the  ocean  is 
his  magnificent  Mausoleum,  the  rolling,  raging 
surge  his  requiem,  the  floating  iceberg  his  only 
tombstone,  we  rejoice  that  a  day  has  been  ap- 
pointed, when  the  sea  shall  give  up  her  dead,  and 
we  shall  meet  him  again,  where 

Love  shall  weave  her  golden  chain. 
Round  us  forever. — Amen. 

His  Letters  to  his  "Dear  Annie,"  children,  friends, 
etc.,  (of  which  more  than  one  hundred  are  given  in 
order,  through  the  volume),  both  enrich  and  add  a 
charm  to  the  "Life."  They  reveal  the  great,  loving 
heart  of  their  Author,  are  models  of  Letter  writing, 
and  suggest  the  versatility  of  talent  in  the  writer ; 
while  the  reader  can  learn  from  them,  how  to  im- 
prove his  own. 

From  Pittsburg,  "Alfred  Cookman"  was  read  off 
for     Green     Street    Church,     Philadelphia, —  (the 


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writer's  Church  home.)  The  preparation  for  the 
change,  occupied  till  midnight,  the  people  forming  in 
procession,  to  show  their  Pastor  and  family  a  lov- 
ing though  sorrowful  "Farewell"  and  God  be  with 
you. 

At  the  close  of  his  second  year  1858,  there  were 
814  members  and  probationers,  his  brother  George 
and  Annie  E.  Dickinson  from  the  Friends,  among  his 
converts. 

It  was  in  the  Revival  of  1857-8,  that  waves  of 
converting  and  sanctifying  power  swept  over  city 
and  land.  It  was  in  this  pastorate,  that  Bro.  Cook- 
man  regained  the  experience  of  perfect  love ;  such  a 
baptism  of  heart  cleansing,  that  no  arguments  or 
jokes  of  his  fellow  ministers,  could  move  him. 

This  awakening  reached  out  into  the  country,  till 
there  was  not  a  hamlet  that  did  not  feel  its  power. 
Religion  was  the  subject  of  thought  and  conversa- 
tion. Workshops,  theatre,  saloon,  highway,  seemed 
to  become  consecrated  places  for  singing  and  Prayer, 
for  men  and  women  under  conviction  of  sin.  Churches 
were  crowded.  Wicked  men  mourned  over  their 
lives.  Ministers  were  clothed  with  power.  They 
and  their  people  were  brought  nearer  together,  and 
fused  into  holier  bonds  of  Christian  love.  Bro. 
Cookman  put  himself  a])reast  of  this  Revival,  to 
move  with  it. 


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This  Pentecostal  flame  from  Heaven,  it  is  be- 
lieved, was  kindled  in  the  heart  of  J.  C.  Lanphier,  a 
lay  missionary,  and  spread  out  from  the  Pulton 
Street  Prayer  Meeting-,  New  York,  begun  Wednes- 
day, September  23,  1857,  at  12  M. — For  half  an  hour, 
only  two  persons,  Mr.  L.  the  leader,  and  Head  of  the 
Church  triumphant,  were  present.  Then  five  more. 
The  next  Meeting-  20,  and  October  7,  40  persons 
were  there. 

After  this,  they  met  daily.  By  January,  three 
rooms  were  occupied;  and  in  the  Spring,  largest 
churches,  police  and  freight  department  and  stores, 
were  opened  for  the  thousands  who  came  to  pray. 

As  the  news  flew  abroad,  daily  Meetings  were 
opened  in  the  towns  and  cities. — C.  G.  Finney 
started  Meetings  in  Boston. 

Lanphier  had  asked  the  Lord,  what  wilt  Thou 
have  me  to  do?  And  God,  wanting  such  a  man,  in- 
spired and  endued  him  with  such  Faith  and  hope, 
as  began  to  set  this  whole  land  in  a  blaze  of  reli- 
g-ious  awakening. 

While  at  Pittsburgh,  among  other  things  in  his 
Consecration  of  Jesus,  we  read : — Finding  that  I  can- 
not use  tobacco  with  a  clear  conscience,  I  herewith 
abstain  from  it  forever. 

After  he  had  lost  the  blessing,  at  the  Wilmington 
Conference  in  1847,  he  now  writes ;  O  how  many 
years  I've  wasted  in  quibbling  over  the  two  experi- 
ences !  not  seeing  that  I  was  antagonizing  a  doctrine 
that  must  be  spiritually  discerned.  *  *  *  Mean- 
while, I  had  been  led  into  the  use  of  tobacco;  which, 
while  affording  gratification  to  the  palate,  seemed  also 
to  help  my  nervous  and  social  nature.    When  it  was 


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thrown  away,  light  and  strength  were  given.  Then 
I  would  listen  to  suggestions :  It  is  "one  of  the  good 
things  of  God."  Our  Religion  does  not  require  as- 
ceticism. It  is  not  forbidden  in  our  Bible.  Many 
good  Christians  use  it. — All  this,  to  put  conscience 
to  rest  and  return  to  the  old  habit.  It  was  giving 
carnality,  not  conscience,  the  benefit  of  the  doubt. 

From  His  Pocket  Diary,  we  quote : — 
January  i,  1858. — Our  Watch  Night  was  solemn  and 
profitable. 

O  that  this  may  be  the  best  day  of  my  life!    *    *  * 

5 —  Spent  most  of  the  day  in  Court  room  as 
a  witness. 

6 —  Sixteen  at  the  altar,  3  converted. 

10 — Preached  Sunday  on  entire  consecration. 

Administered  the  Sacrament  in  the  P.  M. 
21 — John  Thompson  preached.    An  excellent 

Sermon. 

J.  B.  Longacres,  1206  Spring  Garden,  was  with 
Bro.  Cookman,  a  favorite  resort.  Mrs.  Sarah  L. 
Keen,  after  the  death  of  her  mother,  still  kept  up 
the  Holiness  Meeting  in  their  parlor,  in  which 
Alfred  took  a  leading  part. 

It  is  from  Such  Meetings,  like  Bro.  Cookman,  one 
comes  forth  with  strength  renewed,  for  holier  living 
and  work  for  the  Master.    Even  so. 

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We  do  not  have  to  go  far  to  find  him  next,  at  Old 

Union — the  ''Academy,"  where  Whitefield  drew  and 

thrilled  the  eager,  admiring  multitude,  a  hundred 

years  before.      His  brother  George  was  here  a 

worker  together  w^th  him ;  and  also,  blessed  with  the 

presence  of  his  Dear  Mother. 

From  a  Letter  to  the  wife  at  Columbia: — "I  drop- 
ped in  at  the  Race  Street  home.  Mother  and  Mary 
w^ere  g-oing-  to  Tea  at  William's.  *  *  *  On 
arriving-  at  224  North  5th  Street,  (Parsonage),  I 
felt  such  a  sense  of  loneliness,  as  not  to  be  de- 
scribed. It  would  not  do.  Kneeling  in  Prayer,  I 
soon  felt  myself  in  the  best  of  company, — the  room 
filled  with  a  sense  of  my  loving  Savior's  presence." 

The  irrepressible  conflict  between  freedom  and 
Slavery,  was  coming  to  a  crisis.  And  when  the 
question  of  making  slave-holding  a  test  of  member- 
ship came  up  in  Conference,  Bro.  Cookman,  on  his 
knees,  poured  out  his  soul  to  God  for  light  and 
strength,  and  then  voted  "Aye."  Here  w^as  the  iron 
in  his  nature.   He  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions. 

His  anti-slavery  sermon  on  Is.  Vni:i2,  followed. 
At  the  close,  his  face  shone  with  an  unearthly  light. 
His  attitude  on  such  a  subject,  made  him  enemies. 
To  those  who  opposed,  his  response  was,  'T  can 
afford  to  forgive  them." 

The  firing  on  Fort  Sumter,  Friday  April  12,  1862, 
had  aroused  the  North  and  South  to  war, — booming 
out  the  wrathful  vengeance  of  Heaven  against  the 

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evil  of  slavery ;  and  the  time  had  come,  when  the 
ploughshare  was  to  be  beaten  into  the  sword  : — 
God's  terrible  swift  sword, 
As  in  Julia  Ward  Howes 
Battle  Hymn  of  the  Republic. 

Following  the  footsteps  of  our  Itinerant,  we  find 
him,  May  1861,  at  Central  Church,  New  York,  the 
one  his  father  was  to  serve  on  his  return  from  Eng- 
land;  and  to  share  in  the  joy  over  the  wife  and 
children's  homecoming  from  Columbia. 

Here  it  is,  we  first  learn  of  his  finding  his  way 
into  Phoebe  Palmer's  Meeting,  on  Rivington  Street. 

From  Central  Church,  in  1863,  his  name  is  read 
off  for  a  two  years  pastorate  at  Trinity  Church, 
where,  as  his  custom  was,  he  begins  a  Holiness 
Meeting. 

In  the  winter  of  this  year,  we  find  him  enlisted 
as  Chaplain  with  the  Christian  Commission,  in  the 
army  of  the  Potomac,  till  March  24,  1864.  It  is 
noticeable  that  in  this  brief  episode,  seventeen  Let- 
ters from  his  hand,  are  given  in  the  **Life." 

Bro.  Cookman  was  a  favorite  with  the  children 
and  youth.  A  Letter,  while  in  New  York,  to  one 
of  his  own,  will  give  us  some  idea  of  his  juvenile 
talent  in  this  : — 

My  Dear  little  Puss.  This  is  your  letter,  written 
by  your  precious  papa.    Every  day  he  thinks  of  you, 

5>S 


and  waits  the  time  when  he  may  take  you  in  his 
arms  again.  If  you  were  here  tonight,  he  would 
not  be  satisfied  with  less  than  a  dozen  kisses.  Your 
little  Brother,  Bruner,  has  been  sick.  You  ought  to 
see  his  dog.  His  name  is  Prince,  a  happy  little  fel- 
low, that  barks  at  Willie,  plays  with  Frank,  jumps 
up  on  George  and  follows  Brune.  T  know  he  would 
love  you.  He  could  not  help  it.  Everybody  loves  my 
little  darling  Puss,  but  nobody  better  than  her  devoted 
Papa.  Be  a  very  good  girl,  Learn  to  Jump  the  rope. 
Help  Grandma  to  water  the  flowers.  Mind  every  thir  g 
Aunt  B.  Says  to  you.  Kiss  Mozie  and  little  Alfred 
for  me.  Don't  eat  all  the  currants  and  gooseberries 
before  I  come.  Would  you  not  like  me  to  send  you 
a  picture  book?  Look  out,  and  some  of  these  days 
Kate  will  find  you  one  in  the  postoflice,  Now  give 
me  a  e^oodbye  Ki3S, 


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The  Holiness  Movement. 


Chapter  I. 

Rise  and   Progress  of  the  National  Holiness 
Camp  Meeting  Association — Alfred  Cookman, 
IN  Gifts,  Grace  and  Usefulness, — Thro  All, 
Preeminent. 

His  Last  Meetings, — Urbana  and  Marthas  Vine 
Yard. 

The  transfer  of  Bro.  Cookman  to  Spring  Garden 
Church,  in  '65,  began  a  ''New  departure,"  both  in  his 
ministry  and  the  Church's  life : — The  Friday  Meeting 
in  that  year  and  Holiness  Camp  Meeting  in  1867. 

ViNELAND. — This  initial  Holiness  C.  M.  opened 
Sunday,  July  7. 

It  was  here,  after  the  Meeting,  that  the  National 
Holiness  Camp  Meeting  Association  was  formed,  the 
members  all  upon  their  knees.  Bro.  Cookman's 
Prayer  was  inspired.  It  was  under  the  arbor,  where 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer  were.  We  all  felt  it  to  be  holy 
ground ;  that  God  was  in  this  place. — One  said  : — Bro. 
Cookman,  after  such  pleading  for  the  Holy  Spirit, 
arose,  and  reaching  himself  high  as  he  could,  grasped 
the  blessing  desired.    Then,  falling  upon  his  knees, 

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gave  thanks  to  God.  O  the  good  such  praying  Faith 
did  my  soul ! 

Bishop  Simpson  was  there,  and  was  given  both  a 
Bishop  and  father's  joy,  over  the  conversion  of  his 
son. 

The  Head  of  the  Church  mihtant  so  honored  this 
Meeting,  that  the  misgiving  and  fears  of  the  Asso- 
ciation were  removed. 

Obs.  As  the  Reformation  through  Martin  Luther 
was  a  Revival, — a  restoration  of  the  doctrine  of  sal- 
vation by  Faith  throug-h  the  finished  work  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  on  the  Cross,  and  that  of  sound 
gospel  teaching  and  experience  (from  out  of  a  ritualis- 
tic form  of  godliness  in  England),  under  the  Wesleys  ; 
so  in  this  Holiness  Movement,  we  notice  history  re- 
peating itself. — It  was  the  outcome  of  the  true  Chris- 
tian calling  within,  struggling  to  come  to  the  birth, 
in  the  hearts  of  Phoebe  Palmer,  J.  A.  Wood,  Mrs.  and 
J.  S.  Inskip,  Alfred  Cookman  and  others,  in  this 
Revival. 

And  after  one  has  received  the  witness  of  the 
new  and  clean  heart  he  will  learn  how  Jesus  is  the 
Way,  the  Truth  and  Life;  and  made  unto  us  Wis- 
dom, Righteousness,  Sanctiflcation  and  Redemption, — • 
our  All  in  All,  the  life  hid  with  Christ  in  God,  in  a 
sense  and  degree,  not  understood  before. 

In  Him  alone  to  see. 

All  I  need  to  cleanse  and  ke^'p  me  fully  whole. 

After  having  graduated  through  the  principles  of 
the  doctrine  of  Christ,  and  found  the  way  into  the 
Sanctum  Sanctorum,  how  much  easier  is  it  to  live  like 
Jesus  would,  if  in  one's  place. 

Holiness  in  heart  and  life,  is  the  lowest  standard  of 
the  gospel.  The  higher  Christian  life,  is  the  easiest  to 
live.    And  the  pure  in  heart  may  think  of  himself  as  an 


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incarnation  of  his  Master. — the  mure  real  to  the 
writer,  after  such  an  experience  given  him  April, 
19  00. — under  Notes  from  Journal. 

His  vacations  fotmd  Mr.  Cookman  everywhere  in 
the  camp  Meetings,  losing  himself  in  his  favorite 
theme,  entire  sanctihcation. — A\'riting  to  the  wife 
from  Pennsgrove  X.  J.,  he  says  :  It  is  as  the  vesti- 
bule of  Heaven  to  be  here.  O  what  a  Meeting  we 
had  this  morning ! 

My  glad  soul  mounted  higher, 

In  a  chariot  of  fire. 

And  the  moon  it  was  under  my  feet. 
Here  it  was  Aug.  4,  1S65.  that  the  writers  experience 
(which  had  suffered  loss  in  the  war),  was  renewed,  as 
the    sun    rose    on    the   Millville    tent.     Bros.  Inskip, 
Lawrence,   the  Stocktons.  Henry  Belden,  were  there. 

At  one  in  Maryland,  he  says :  In  teaching  this  doc- 
trine and  experience.  O  how  was  I  raised  in  spirit, 
a  marvel  to  myself !  All  through  the  ground. — 40Q 
tents,  there  was  not  space  for  those  hungering  for 
heart  purity.  After  preaching  to  them.  19  ministers 
in  the  Preachers  tent,  were  sanctilied. 

^vIanheim  Pa,,  — Sunday,  July  20.  "68.  — Mr.  Cook- 
man  had  chosen  this  spot. — ^A  correspondent  says  :— 
"Before  the  time,  crowds  of  people.  North.  South, 
East  and  W'tst.  came  flocking  together.  The  dust 
and  heat  made  it  almost  unendurable,  while  the 
fitmosphere  was  as  Egyptian  darkness.  *  *  *  But 
10  be  at  the  8  o'clock  Meeting,  compensated  for  all 
the  discomfort. — 500  witnesses  testifying  that  th^.- 


blood  of  Jesus  cleansed  them  from  all  sin.  W.  L. 
Gray  then  gave  out  that  Bishop  Simpson  would 
preach,  Bro.  Inskip  in  the  P.  M.,  and  Alfred  Cook- 
man  at  7.30.  On  the  stand,— 'You  must  abandon 
your  Sermon  and  tell  your  experience,"  was  im- 
pressed on  his  heart.  He  obeyed.  "The  effect  was 
overwhelming;  and  through  the  night,  Prayer  and 
praise  from  every  tent,  were  going  up  to  Heaven." 

Manheim  it  seems,  was  to  be  the  Pentecostal  of 
these  Holiness  Meetings: — a  Power  house  to  radiate 
tha.t  dynamic,  Spiritual  impulse,  to  give  the  Leaders 
increase  of  Faith  and  love,  for  "greater  things." 

The  next  after  Manheim  was  at  Round  Lake, 
N.  Y.,  Sunday,  July  6,  '69. — Here,  when  witnesses 
were  called  for.  State  by  State  in  the  Love  Feast, 
Camp  Meeting  John  Allen  of  Maine,  said  he  had 
been  to  199  Camp  Meetings  to  this  time. — John  Allen 
was  born  1795.  He  had  at  his  death  attended  374, 
preached  at  the  last  one,  and  died  there. 

There  were  three  Camp  Meetings  in  the  following 
year : — 

Hamilton,  Mass.,  Tuesday,  June  21. 
Oakington,  Md.,  Sunday,  June  12. 
Des  Plaines,  Ills.,  Tuesday,  Aug.  9. 
For  the  year  '71,  the  Committee  said  we  will 
hold  two : — 
Round  Lake,  Tuesday,  July  4. 
Urbana,  O.,  Tuesday,  Aug.  i. 


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In  all  these  mountain  top  assemblages,  Mr.  Cook- 
man  was  present,  calling  to  sinners  and  saints  to 
repent  of  sin  and  consecrate  themselves  afresh  to 
Jesus,  the  Captain  of  our  salvation. 

Before  starting  for  Urbana,  from  Ocean  Grove — 
their  home  (he  showed  signs  of  overtaxing  work), 
his  wife  said  to  him,  in  tears ;  My  Dear,  you  will 
not  go  to  Urbana? 

(She  knew  how  poorly  he  was.)  My  dear,  he 
replied,  it  is  God's  will.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
God  was  upon  him. — L.  R.  Dunn  says  :  "At  our  Meet- 
ing at  Round  Lake,  Bro.  Cookman  was  ill.  But 
his  zeal  for  his  Master  would  not  let  him  rest. 
*  *  *  To  our  surprise,  he  came  early  to  Urbana, 
and  preached  with  a  pathos  he  never  did  before." 

From  here,  in  a  Letter  to  his  wife,  he  adds  :  The 
table  was  luxurious.  I  never  knew  such  at  a  Camp 
Meeting.  So  tastefully  spread  and  served.  Such 
a  variety  at  dinner : — Roast  chicken,  chicken  pot 
pie,  beef,  lamb,  ham ;  every  kind  of  vegetable ;  corn, 
tomatoes,  beans,  etc.,  with  nice  pie  and  w^atermelon 
for  dessert. 

As  preaching  is  very  appetising,  and  Nothing  pays 
better  for  brain  and  brawn  than  good  cookery,  may 
we  not  think  of  such  a  menu,  as  contributing  its  part 
to  Bro.  Cookman's  pathos  at  Urbana? 

And  I  will  not  apologise  for  adding,  that  bad  food 
and  hunger  are  responsible,  proximately,  for  many  of 
the  crimes  committed ;  and  that  many  persons  are 
digging  their  graves  with  their  teeth. 


Writing  to  his  Annie  at  Ocean  Grove  from  Ur- 
bana,  he  charges  : — Make  our  cottage,  before  I  come, 
a  thing  of  joy  and  beauty  forever,  will  suggest  the 
refined  taste,  the  esthetic  element  in  Mr.  Cookman's 
nature. 

At  Urbana,  his  relations  with  the  Association  ceased. 

On  Mr.  Cs  preaching  we  quote  a  Cincinnati  paper : 
— "His  text  was, — Eph.  5:18.  Be  filled  with  the 
Spirit. — An  imperfect  report,  would  only  mar  his 
utterances,  and  a  perfect  one  would  fail  to  convey 
an  idea  of  the  glowing  elegance  of  his  style,  and 
effect  of  his  appeals  to  men  and  women,  to  be  filled 
with  the  Spirit. 

On  the  Spirit  and  power  of  Cookmans  ministry, 
one  at  Des  Plaines  C.  M.  testifies : — To  my  surprise, 
200  arose  for  Prayers,  inspiring  Bro.  C  to  pray  as 
I  never  heard  or  expect  to  hear  equaled.  The 
Spirit  wrought  in  him  with  groans  that  could  not 
he  uttered.  In  audience  with  the  Deity,  he  took 
hold  on  God,  raised  from  his  knees  and  prevailed, 
as  many  will  testify  in 

the  day  of  judgment. 

It  was  in  this  pastorate  that  the  Peninsula  Con- 
vention, Smyrna,  Del.,  was  held,  Nov.  1870.  Mr. 
Cookman  was  the  presiding  genius. 

It  was  to  consolidate  and  inspire  our  people  to 
renew  their  consecration  to  God. — It  was  to  Bro. 
Cookmans  taste.    In  his  Address  he  said : — 


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The  visible  church  of  the  Christ,  is  a  body  of 
faithful  Christians,  in  which  the  pure  word  of  God 
is  preached  and  Sacraments  duly  administered. 

After  speaking  of  the  lower,  he  portrays  the  ex- 
cellence of  the  higher  life.  How  the  Wesleyan  doc- 
trine of  sanctification  and  witness  of  the  Spirit 
began  with  Embury  in  N.  Y.,  and  spread  till  we  now 
have  2,000,000  of  Methodists  and  8,000,000  adherents. 

Continuing : — Is  the  spiritual  life  in  this  Confer- 
ence-up  to  the  N.  T.  standard?  Instead  of  broth- 
erly kindness,  is  there  not  uncharitableness,  back- 
biting, bitterness  felt,  if  not  manifested?  Instead  of 
self  denial,  and  taking  up  the  cross,  is  there  not 
shunning  it  and  disposition  to  flesh  pleasing?  In- 
stead of  a  Catholic  spirit,  systematic  beneficence, 
there  is  a  lack  of  these.  For  simplicity  in  dress 
and  style  of  living,  is  there  not  aping  to  this  worlds 
fashions  and  follies?  In  place  of  words  seasoned 
with  salt,  there  is  idle,  gossipy,  unprofitable  talk. — 

(The  writer  feels  it  to  be  in  place  here  to  impress 
Bro.  Cs  words, — he  first  heard  from  Bro.  Pepper  in 
our  Holy  Meeting  ;  that  all  such  intercourse,  is  really 
"Talking  with  the  devil." — It  is  out  of  the  abundance 
of  the  heart,  mans  mouth  speaks,  a  sure  sign  of  what 
is  there; — self,  this  world,  or  My  Jesus.  Amen.) 

I  gave  up  talking  with  the  spirit  of  th^  god  of  this 
world  1-o-n-g  ago,  and  took  up  and  sing  my  hungry 
hearts  desire  in  C.  Wesleys  lay: — Talk  with  me 
Lord,  Thyself  reveal. 


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Such  qiiestiuns  suggest:  — 

1  The  necessity  of  a  more  Christly  form  of  life. 

2  Of  writing  on  our  head,  hands,  feet,  senses, — 
bodies,  sacred  to  Jesus. 

3  The  church  raised  above  its  dependence  on  extra 
revival  Meetings,   to  preserve  its  life. 

O  brethren !  Successors  of  Abbot,  Bp  Asbury, 
Freeborn  Garretson,  Jesse  Lee,  let  us  take  up  and 
forward  the  banner  of  hoHness  in  this  Peninsula. 

O  brothers !  it  is  good  to  be  here.  Behold,  how 
good  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity ! 

We  part,  but  Christians  never  part  for  the  last 
time. 

We  shall  meet  again, 

Meet  neer  to  sever. 
Dr.  M.,  Protestant  Episcopal,  followed : — I  have 
felt  the  Saviors  Prayer  answered, — that  they  all  may 
be  one.  Why  is  it  that  Christians  throughout  the 
world,  are  not  united  in  one  body?  Is  it  not  for 
want  of  the  love  of  Jesus  ?  We  have  lived  too  much 
as  strangers.  It  is  wrong.  It  is  the  same  many 
mansioned  house.  I  am  in  only  one  of  the  rooms 
of  Gods  building.. 

The  tide  of  joy  was  now  at  its  height.  All  sprang 
to  their  feet.  Bro.  C.  grasping  the  hand  of  Bro.  M. 
on  the  left  and  a  Presbyterian  Pastors  on  the  right, 
called  on  all  Christians  present,  to  clasp  hands  and 
sing : — Say,  Brothers  will  you  meet  me,  with  the 
refrain — By  the  grace  of  God  Til  meet  you. 

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This  Address,  says  one,  was  the  finest  I  ever 
heard.    It  comprised  2760  words. 

''Notwithstanding  Mr.  C.  was  solemn  and  dignified 
in  bearing,  there  w^as  a  vein  of  the  ludicrous  in  his 
nature.  He  could  laugh  till  he  shook  all  over.  I 
was  in  the  Wednesday  Union  Prayer  Meeting,  when 
an  amusing  incident  caused  a  suppressed  smile  over 
the  congregation.  Despite  his  efforts  to  keep  his 
gravity,  with  hands  over  his  face,  he  was  shaking 
with  laughter. 

O  said  he,  afterward,  I  did  want  to  get  off  the 
platform  to  where  I  could  laugh. — A  Presbyterian 
Minister. 

The  parting  scenes,  closing  his  ministry  in  Grace 
Church,  were  truly  affecting.  Mr.  Hillis,  of  the 
Friends,  says  in  allusion  to  this  last  Meeting ;  I  was 
led  to  read  Pauls  charge  to  the  Elders  at  Ephesus, 
Acts.  20 : — And  they  all  wept  sore,  *  *  *  sorrow^- 
ing  most  of  all  *  *  *  that  they  should  see  his  face 
no  more.  Bro.  Cookman  and  all  w^ept,  and  could 
not  proceed  for  the  weeping.  And  how  prophetic 
the  "sorrowing"  was,  as  the  sequel  proved ! 

Chap.  II 

Closing  Days  of  an  Apostolic  Ministry 

When  a  star  is  quenched  on  high, 

For  ages  will  its  light 
Still  travelling  downward  thro  the  sky. 

Fall  on  our  blinded  sight. 


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Prom  Grace  to  Central  church,  Newark,  N.  J.,  was 
Bro.  Cookmans  last  move. — After  returning  from  Ur- 
bana  and  the  Meeting-  at  Marthas  Vineyard  with  his 
family,  in  September,  he  returns  to  his  congregation 
at  Newark. 

But  he  had  gone  too  far  for  his  bodily  powers.  The 
bow  had  been  too  long  unstrung,  not  to  have  lost  its 
wondrous  spring. 

While  it  is  better  to  wear,  than  rust  out,  our  author 
dilates  on  the  question, — in  application  to  his  subject, 
very  deftly ;  seeming  to  compromise ;  leaving  Mr.  Cs 
"election,"  to  obedience  to  his  convictions  of  duty, — 
his  individual  consciousness,  than  against  advice  of 
friends. 

He  would  now  throw  himself  on  the  sofa,  after 
coming  in  from  pastoral  duties,  saying ;  I  think  my 
work  may  be  nearly  done: — Rallying  again,  he  would 
speak  of  his  plans  for  the  future. 

It  was  observable  that  his  deadness  to  the  world  and 
spiritual  mindedness,  became  more  apparent  to  all. 

In  October,  he  called  at  his  Bro.  Johns.  It  was  his 
last  call. 

He  said  he  would  love  to  die  in  the  pulpit,  with 
his  armor  on. 

Oct.  22.  Sabbath  evening,  was  his  last  sermon; 
Is  64, — we  all  do  fade  a$  a  leaf,  holding  up  a  faded 
leaflet.  He  looked  like  one  transfigured.  A  lady 
said,  she  did  not  think  John  Fletcher  looked  more 
seraphic. 

The  disease, — in  his  feet  and  ankles,  was  mialgia, 
• — a  kind  of  rheumatism. 

To  Bro.  Dunn  he  said ;  If  the  bones  of  my  feet 
were  all  teeth,  every  one  with  jumping  toothache,  it 
would  give  an  idea  of  what  I  suffer. 


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A'iSTOx  OF  Heavex. — After  one  of  his  paroxysms, 
as  "between  sleeping  and  waking,"  he  felt  himself 
to  be  inside  the  Pearly  gates,  where  first,  his  grand- 
father welcomed  him  ; — ''Alfred  Cookman,  washed  in 
the  blood  of  the  Lamb next,  his  father,  then  his 
Bro.  George,  and  his  son  Bruner ;  everyone  in  turn, 
then  presenting  him  before  the  Throne. 

I  know  said  he.  what  it  is  to  be  washed  in  the 
blood  of  the  Lamb.  Xow,  Fve  learned  what  it  is  to 
be  made  perfect  through  suffering — the  allusion  to 
Rev.  7:14. — These  are  they  who  have  come  out  of 
great  tribulation,  etc. 

His  last  Letter  to  Mrs.  A.  Bruner  ends  with, — 
"\\>ary  and  can  write  no  more."  He  was  now  Rest- 
ing in  the  "sweet  will  of  God."  To  the  wife,  he 
advised  to  live  a  moment  at  a  time  ;  and  after  I  am 
gone,  if  permitted.  I  will  be  your  guardian  angel  to 
conduct  you  to  our  Jicaz'cniy  home.^'' 

His  mother  coming  in.  said  ;  I  feel  it  to  be  as  the 
gate  of  Heaven,  here  in  your  room. 

To  the  wife ;  I  am  the  Christs  little  lamb,  nestled 

in  His  bosom. — To  his  son  George ;  "All  day  I've 

been  hovering  near  the  gates  of  death."    On  being 

moved  to  the  other  side  of  the  bed,  he  said ;  O  how 

sweet  and  quiet  it  all  is  ! — 

*At  this  writing,  in  tender  charge  of  her  daughter. 
Mrs.  Annie  C.  Halsted.  in  a  comatose  state,  at  5530 
Morris  St..  Germantown.  lies  the  one  to  whom  these 
parting  words  were  spoken. — waiting  thf^  Masters  call 
— "Come  home,"  to  reunite  with  her  sainted  husband. 


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An  effusion  of  the  brain  now  swept  over  him, 
making  him  insensible  to  outward  things ;  and  at 
II  P.  M.,  Thursday,  Nov.  13,  the  Spirit  of  Alfred 
Cookman  w^ent  Sweeping  thro  the  gates,  *  * 
And  thus  to  the  bosom  of  God,  in  the  prime  of  life, 
one  of  the  most  saintly  and  useful  men  of  modern 
times. 

^  *         *        *  *  * 

The  shock  felt  at  the  news  of  his  death,  was  only 
exceeded  by  the  universal  grief,  as  though  one  had 
died  in  every  house. 

After  the  services  at  his  church,  the  body  was 
taken  to  Philadelphia,  and  next  day  17th,  to  Union 
church ;  the  strains  of  The  dead  March  of  Saul, 
adding  to  the  solemnity,  as"  the  funeral  cortege 
entered. 

Dr.  Nevin  read  the  Scripture,  Jay  Dickerson  the 
hymn.  Dr.  Pattison  the  Prayer,  Dr.  Suddards,  A. 
Longacre,  J.  H.  Alday,  made  addresses. — 

Dr.  Foster  of  Drew  Seminary,  then  spoke:  Alfred 
Cookman  belonged  to  a  royalty.  There  is  the  royalty 
of  genius,  of  intellect,  of  scientific  research,  of  elo- 
quence. He  was  not  wanting  in  these.  He  belonged 
to  a  race  whose  lips  were  strangely  touched.  It  was 
a  royalty  rarer  than  these;— the  seraphic  royalty  of 
Earth.  Not  Pauline,  it  was  Johannine, — a  brother  to 
him  who  leaned  on  Jesus'  breast   *    *  * 

When  the  brother  prayed  that  the  mantle  of  Bro. 
Cookman  might  fall  on  us,  I  said  Am^>n.  *  *  *  As 
my  little  boy  brought  me  the  news  of  his  death,  know- 

4i 


ing-  how  it  would  affect  me. — he  spoke  in  a  low  tone, 
O  how  it  shocked  me !  I  felt  that  the  most  sacred 
character  I  have  ever  known,  had  gone  from  us.  I 
have  known  the  men  of  the  church  through  thirty 
years,  episcopal  and  lay  ;  but  the  most  sacred  man  I've 
ever  known,  is  the  one  w^ho  lies  enshrined  in  that 
casket. 

"The  life  of  Alfred  Cookman  comes  back  to  me  like 
a  chime  of  church  bells,  embowered  among  trees  in 
a  soft  June  day.  It  was  not  so  much  what  I  heard 
him  say  or  do,  that  impressed  me,  as  himself.  *  *  * 
To  be  with  him,  was  to  be  blest.  With  him  in  preach- 
ing, the  Christ  was  all  and  in  all.  Sweep  a  circle 
three  feet  around  the  Cross,  and  you  take  in  all  that 
there  was  of  Alfred  Cookman. — DeWitt  Talmage. 

After  the  benediction,  the  Procession  of  mourn- 
ers followed  the  bier  to  South  Laurel  Hill,  where 

Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 

was  sung,  and  the  body  lowered  in  the  earth ; — "Dust 
to  dust,"  there  in  repose,  to  rest  from  its  labors  and 
pain,  till  the  glorious  Resurrection  morn. 

It  is  an  impressive  lesson  on  the  estimate  that  man 
places  on  personal  sanctity  in  his  kind,  in  the  forma- 
tion of  character,  to  add  the  testimony  J.  H.  Smith 
in  our  late  Convention  at  St.  Georges,  that  the  savor 
of  such  a  life  and  ministry,  though  without  any 
sounding  title  even,  to  it,  but  simply  Alfred  Cook- 


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man,  had,  like  tlic  fame  of  Jesiis,  spread  abroad 
wherever  he  had  come  in  his  late  Oriental  Mission  ! 

And  now  closing-  Book  I,  as  a  Souvenir  memento 
of  the  loving"  memory  of  the  author, — voicing  also 
that  of  the  surviving  relatives  and  friends; — we 
who  were  favored  with  the  ministrations,  and  wit- 
nesses of  the  last  sad  rites  of  sorrowing  love  over 
the  remains  of  Alfred  Cookman,  after  the  forty  and 
two  years  in  the  retrospect,  we  feel  like  adding 
this  heart  felt  tribute,  reminiscent  of  the  friend  and 
brother,  who  has  passed  on  before  and  entered  into 
that  within  the  Veil. 


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BOOK  II 


Chapter  I 

Life,  Marriage  and  Ministry  of  J.  S.  Inskip,  Till 
Their  Sanctification  at  Sing  Sing,  C.  M., 
in  1864,  AND  "First  Buddings"  of 
THE  Holiness  Movement 

The  man  who  rose  to  be  the  Leader  of  the  Holi- 
ness Movement  in  1867. — John  Swanel  Inskip,  v^as 
born  at  Huntinden,  England,  (the  birthplace  of 
Oliver  Cromvv^ell),  August  10,  1816.*  At  the  age  of 
five  years,  he  w^as  brought  over  to  Wilmington,  Del., 
where  the  Inskip  family  now  resided. 

The  lad  inherited  an  impetuous  spirit,  and  so  full 
of  fun,  that  while  at  school,  he  was  frequently  chas- 
tised. Himself  speaks  of  his  teacher's  aptitude  in 
using  the  rattan  on  his  back. 

As  he  grew  up,  he  tried  to  persuade  himself  of 
his  father's  belief,  who  seems  to  have  been  skeptical, 
and  was  on  the  verge  of  infidelity. 

Sunday,  April  10,  1832,  at  Marshalton  Pa.,  he  was 
convicted  of  sin  under  the  preaching  of  Levi,  after- 
ward Bishop  Scott,  and  in  the  evening  service,  was 

*That  was  'The  Summerless  year." 


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converted.  He  joined  the  Methodists,  and  began  to 
exhort  sinners  to  turn  to  God. 

On  hearing  J.  B.  Ayars  preach,  he  became  so 
wrought  upon,  that  through  his  praying  and  exhorta- 
tions, some  of  the  worst  characters  in  the  borough, 
were  reformed,  and  brought  to  Jesus. 

In  1833,  at  Goshen,  Chester  County,  he  was 
licensed  to  exhort.  He  now,  with  one  McC,  a  pugi- 
Hst,  and  one  other,  formed  a  band  of  workers  in  soul 
saving.  John  then  got  possession  of  his  father's 
blacksmith  shop,  and  ere  long,  they  had  80  conver- 
sions, and  organized  a  society,  including  two  of  his 
sisters.  For  such  harm  to  the  devil's  cause,  his 
father  broke  up  the  Meeting,  disowned  and  drove 
his  son  out  of  his  house. 

Finding  himself  now  adrift  in  the  wide  world,  for 
Jesus'  sake,  the  little  pilgrim  went  forth  singing, 
O  how  happy  are  they, 
Who  the  Savior  obey! — 

the  very  song  that  Miss  Sally  Keen  heard  a  chim- 
ney sweep  chanting,  and  which  led  to  her  sanctifica- 
tion,  (as  related  to  the  writer).  The  next  day,  John 
was  led  to  go  back  to  the  house,  where  he  found 
his  father  broken  down  ;  and  calling  to  him,  said ; 
''John,  we  must  have  Prayer."  He  was  brought  to 
Jesus,  and  soon  found  peace  in  believing  in  the  sin- 
ner's Friend.    The  wife  and  childrt-n  ~  the  whole 


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family,  followed.    "O  how  happy"  was  poor  John 

now !   And  what  a  happy  home  it  was  that  day. 

O  happy  hearts  and  happy  homes, 

Where  Christ  the  King-  of  triumph  comes! 

The  shop  was  after  this  day  of  the  Lord,  chris- 
tened "Mount  Joy and  soon  a  new  chapel  arose 
on  the  spot. 

May  23,  '35,  John  was  licensed  to  preach,  and  sent 
to  Cecil  Circuit ;  and  soon  after,  was  married  to 
Miss  Martha  Jane  Foster,  then  seventeen  years  of 
age,  who  became  a  help-meet  indeed,  through  all  of 
an  arduous  and  soul  saving  ministry. 

It  w^as  at  Sing  Sing,  C.  M.,  August,  '64,  that  the 
wife  sought  and  found  the  grace  of  entire  sanctifi- 
cation,  and  testified  to  her  new  experience  before 
all  present.  At  this,  her  husband  was  both  displeased 
and  mortified. 

Sunday,  28th,  on  Hebrews  12:1,  in  application, 
while  exhorting  his  hearers  to  lay  aside  every 
weight,  and  Do  it  now !  repeating  the  Do  it  now ! 
a  voice  within  said,  "Do  it  yourself !"  And  notwith- 
standing he  had  been  opposed  to  the  experience,  he 
heeded  the  admonition  as  from  God;  and,  coming 
down,  led  the  way  for  all  who  would  follow  him, 
into  the  Cleansing  Fountain. 

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He  dates  his  sanctification  then  and  there. 

In  Book  JI,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Inskip,  (though  asso- 
ciated with  Bro.  Cookman).  will  appear  as  the 
insDiring-,  leading-  fig-ures  in  the  distinctive  Evan- 
g-elistic  Holiness  Movement. 

August  31,  he  writes  in  his  Journal:  O  how  my 
soul  rejoices  in  the  Lord. — September  2 — My  soul  is 
on  fire.  With  the  impulse  of  this  new  affection  con- 
trolling, he  now  found  his  way  into  Phoebe  Palmers 
Meeting,  and  speaks  of  the  wonderful  blessing  he 
felt  in  giving  his  new  experience. 

It  was  at  this  period,  after  having  been  an  in- 
veterate user  of  tobacco, — that  filthiness  of  the  flesh, 
II  Corinthians  7:1,  the  Spirit  showed  him,  as  He 
did  to  Alfred  Cookman  in  '57,  that  it  must  be  for- 
ever laid  aside.  Amen. 


Chapter  II 

From  the  First  Buddings  of  the  Holiness  Asso- 
ciation ; — Rise  and  Progress  of  Its  Work. 

Leaving  Mr.  Inskip's  growing  ministry  of  more 
than  thirty  years,  (including  a  Chaplaincy  of  four- 
teen months  with  the  army),  behind  us,  we  will 
follow  him,  with  his  wife  and  consecrated  band,  in 
the  work  of  The  National  Holiness  Camp  Meeting 
.Association,  from  its  "first  buddings"  in  '66:  when, 


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after  the  demoralization  brought  upon  us  by  the 
late  fratricidal  war  between  the  free  and  slave  hold- 
ing states, — the  nation  bankrupt  in  $6,000,000,000,  the 
church  in  almost  a  backslidden  state ;  it  was  in 
response  to  the  call  and  appeal  of  our  Bishops  for 
a  Revival  of  pure  Religion ;  when,  at  Red  Bank, 
N.  J.,  Jno.  A.  Wood*  spoke  to  Mrs.  Harriet  E. 
Drake  about  a  Camp  Meeting  for  Holiness.  Sister 
Drake  had  opened  her  home  for  such  a  Meeting. 
Bro.  Wood  then  waited  on  W.  B.  Osborne,  who  in 
turn,  hastened  to  New  York  to  advise  Bro.  Inskip. 
It  was  a  new  idea  to  him. — On  parting,  the  two 
pledged  themselves  that  there  would  be  at  least, 
"two  tents." 

June  13,  in  response  to  a  call,  at  1018  Arch  street 
A.  E.  Ballard,  P.  E.,  H.  M.  Brown,  A.  Longacre, 
Osborne,  Father  Coleman,  B.  M.  Adams,  J.  S.  Heis- 
ler,  R.  V.  Lawrence,  John  Thompson,  Alfred  Cook- 
man,  came  together.  On  motion  of  Anthony  At- 
wood,  it  was  agreed  to  hold  the  Meeting  at  Vineland, 
N.  J.,  Wednesday,  July  17,  '67. —  (For  this  and  Des 
Plaines  Camp  Aleetings,  see  Book  I.) 

Bro.  Inskip  gave  out, — 

There  is  a  Fountain  filled  with  blood, 
which  after,  came  into  favor  with  the  Association, 
and  given  out  as  Inskip's  Battle  hymn. 

*x\uthor  of  Perfect  Love,  one  of  the  best  on  Holi- 
ness ever  published. 

4S 


On  Camp  Meetings:  Henry  Boehm  tells  us  of  one 
at  Dover,  Del.,  in  1805,  where  1100  were  converted 
and  600  sanctified.  At  another  near,  where  there 
were  1320  conversions  and  916  professed  to  be 
cleansed  from  all  sin. 

The  Camp  Meeting-  never  was  Intended  for 
Christians  only.  But  this  was  the  first, — initial 
one,  having-  for  its  objective  primarily,  the  teach- 
ing and  enforcing  on  church  members  and  min- 
isters, that  this  is  the  will  of  God,  even  your  sanc- 
tification;  that  holiness  is  the  lowest  standard  of 
the  gospel. 

Manheim,  Pa.,  Sunday,  July  24,  '68.  *  *  * 
After  G.  W.  Woodruff  had  prayed,  presto,  as  a 
flash  of  Hghtning  from  Heaven,  there  arose  a  sim- 
ultaneous burst  of  agony.  (I  don't  remember 
whether  before  or  after  John  Thompson  preached)  ; 
then  of  Glory  from  the  congregation,  for  one  hour, 
beggaring  all  description.  It  was  the  most  sublime 
spectacle  they  had  ever  seen  at  a  Camp  Meeting. 
Sinners  were  awe  struck,  while  others  fled.  Some 
said  they  heard  a  sound  as  of  a  rushing  wind — 

O  Lord,  send  the  Power,  O  Lord,  send  the  Power, 
O  Lord,  send  the  Power  just  now, 
And  baptize  every  one. 

Round  Lake,  N.  Y.,  Tuesday,  July  6,  '69. — The  fig- 
ure of  Bishop  Peck  in  the  midst  of  his  brethren  on 
the  high  stand,  impressed  me.  The  head  so  con- 
spicuous. I  did  not  wonder  that  some  said  he  might 
have  been  called  Bishop  Bushel. 


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The  two  sermons  by  W.  H.  Boole  and  John 
Wesley  Horne,  I  shall  never  forget.  They  preached 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  Heaven. 

Hamilton^  Mass.  Tuesday,  June  21,  '70. — "It  was 
here  the  Tabernacle  was  first  erected." 

Oakington,  Md.,  Tuesday,  July  12,  '70. — The  heat, 
100°,  and  dust  were  so  great,  that  Father  Coleman 
prayed  that  Heaven  would  kindly  mitigate  the  suf- 
ferings of  man  and  beast,  by  sending  us  rain.  A 
copious  shower  followed,  which  in  turn,  broke  up 
the  opening  service. 

At  Sunday  morning  Love  Feast,  Bro.  Boole  raised 

the  assembly  by  a  ringing  notice,  that  at  "this  very 

hour"  in  Rome,  the  doctrine  of  Papal  infallibility 

was  being  proclaimed.    'T  propose  that  we  proclaim 

Jesus  Christ  to  be  the  only  Head  of  the  true  Catholic 

Church,  and  Crown  Him  Lord  of  all."    We  all  then 

sung  out, 

All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name, 
Let  ang-els  prostrate  fall. 
Bring-  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  Hi^n  LfOrd  of  all. 

Round  Lake,  N.  Y.,  Tuesday,  July  4,  '71. — Here  it 

was,  after  a  season  of  undue  excitement,  Bro.  In- 

skip  said : — Brethren,  don't  quench  the  Spirit.  The 

Spirit  is  quenched  when  we  make  much  noise.  I 

know  all  about  it.    (How  true!)    The  best  way  to 

hold  out,  is  to  hold  in.    You  soon  empty  a  vessel 

by  letting  what  is  in  it  run  out. 

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Your  strength  is  to  sit  still.    You  grieve  the  Spirit 

by  your  talking,  when  others  want  to  be  quiet.    I  do 

not  want  emotions  to  drive  me  to  say  Amen,  too 

loud. — Do  you  know  what  a  gush  and  unction  is? 

Like  an  Artesian  well,  it  just  flows. 

How  good!  Bro.  Inskip,  you  preached  in  the  Spirit 
on  this. — In  the  multitude  of  words,  there  wanteth 
not  transgression.  And  he  who  has  learned  To  talk 
with  God,  has  ceased  from  talking  with  the  devil, — 
as  so  many  "Christians"  are  really  doing.  Selah. 

Chapter  III. 

The  Holiness  Revival,  Till  Round  the  World 
Tour.— 1880. 

Onward  Christian  soldiers, 
Marching  as  to  war, 
With  the  Cross  of  Jesus 
Going  on  before. 

March  6,  '71,  Mr.  Inskip  resigned  the  pastorate  of 
Eutaw  Street  Church,  Baltimore ;  and  with  Mrs.  In- 
skip, McDonald,  Boole  and  wives,  with  Father  Cole- 
man, set  out  for  Sacramento,  the  Capital  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

En  route,  after  an  evening  service  at  Omaha,  re- 
turning to  their  place  of  rest,  in  the  darkness  the 
driver  mistook  the  way,  and  all  were  plunged  into 
a  ravine  and  hurt ;  Father  Coleman  so  much,  that 
he  went  on  crutches  the  rest  of  the  way.    He  said 


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that  the  devil  meant  to  kill  him,  but  the  Lord  Jesus 
wanted  him  in  California. 

On  their  journey,  they  were  joined  by  J.  H.  Vin- 
cent, D.  L.  Moody  and  Philip  Philips, — the  singing 
Evangelist. 

The  Meeting  opened  Saturday,  April  22,  '71-  Bro. 
Osborne  read  the  Scripture,  The  Battle  Hymn  was 
sung.  Sunday  was  an  ideal  day,  and  ''there  are  no 
clouds  in  Summer  skies  here." — Miners,  hunters, 
gamblers,  murderers,  ranters,  flocked  in  to  disturb 
or  break  up  the  Meeting.  It  was  Bro.  Inskip's  cour- 
age and  tact,  that  saved  the  day ;  soothing  even  the 
wild  beasts  into  a  respectful  attention, — subduing 
the  devil's  children,  even  to  winning  their  approval 
of  their  Mission. — A  wave  of  spiritual  power  now 
began  to  sweep  out  from  the  Tabernacle,  hundreds 
of  miles  around. 

The  first  great  battle  on  the  Pacific  Coast  was 
fought  and  won.  Miracles  of  grace  and  mercy  on 
the  souls  and  bodies  of  mtn  and  women,  were 
wrought,  comparable  with  what  we  read  in  the 
Acts  of  the  Apostles. 

Suffice  to  mention  the  story  of  Mrs.  Inskip's  get- 
ting an  aged  woman, — at  the  altar,  who  had  been 
1-o-n-g  seeking  pardon  of  sin ;  and  found  rest,  only 
after  she  was  persuaded  to  forgive  the  man  who 
had  murdered  her  son. — Of  the  opium  eater, — even 


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to  120  grains  a  day,  and  mind  bordering  on  idiocy, 
on  hearing  Bro.  Booles'  story  of  the  case  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  saved  from  the  habit,  was  so  encouraged 
that  he  also,  was  saved.  And  of  the  athlete,  who 
sprang  up  on  the  platform,  gesticulating  and  ex- 
horting sinners  to  repent ;  adding,  that  himself  was 
going  to  hell ;  falling  upon  the  floor,  caught  and 
held  by  Osborne  and  others,  until  he  found  rest  by 
Faith  in  Jesus'  blood. 

Saturda}^  May  5th,  dawned  beautiful,  with  a  sense 
of  something  unusual,  as  always  is  the  case  at  these 
Meetings,  and  prelusive  to  a  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. — None  felt  like  praying  or  speaking,  but  in 
an  undertone.  The  singing  was  low,  like  angel  notes. 
After  kneeling  20  minutes,  a  halo  of  golden  glory 
encircled  their  heads, — blest  symbol  and  seal  of 
God's  approval  of  His  Servants'  work. — 

All  were  melted  to  tears,  and  thrilled  with  holy 
joy. 

Mrs.  Inskip's  brother,  Charles  Foster,  who  had 
departed  from  God,  leaving  wife  and  children  be- 
hind in  Maryland  17  years  before,  and  living  like  a 
hermit  in  a  cabin,  came  to  the  Meeting.  Bro.  Inskip 
preached.  His  heart  was  touched.  As  he  was  leav- 
ing. Sister  Inskip  sang  one  of  her  favorite  songs : — 

O  who  will  stand  up  for  Jesus, 
The  lowly  Nazarene? 


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His  ear  was  reminded  of  his  sister's  voice  in  days 
of  his  youth,  bringing  back  to  him  fond  memories 
of  by  gone  years.  *  *  *  He  comes  back,  and  to 
Mr.  Inskip,  saying:  Don't  you  know  me?  I  do  not. 
Not  your  brother-in-law  ?  O  Charley,  is  it  you ! 
— Then,  turning  to  his  wife,  said :  Martha,  here  is  a 
gentleman  who  wants  to  speak  to  you.  The  recog- 
nition was  soon  mutual,  and  then  brother  and  sister 
were  in  each  others  arms,  and  tears  of  joy  flowed 
freely. 

Foster  was  reclaimed,  returned  to  his  home  and 
died  in  the  triumph  of  Faith  in  Jesus  Christ.  O 
bless  the  Lord ! 

The  closing  exercises,  Sunday,  May  6,  might  re- 
mind one  of  Paul's  parting  with  the  elders  at 
Ephesus.  Hundreds  were  raised  up,  to  walk  hence- 
forth, in  newness  of  life. 

Santa  Clara — Here,  all  the  batteries  of  Taber- 
nacle were  opened  upon  the  promiscuous  gathering 
and  back  slidden  state  of  the  church  members. 

The  word  was  quick  and  powerful.  It  was  a  des- 
perate fight.  Father  Coleman  wrestled  all  of  one 
night  with  the  powers  of  darkness.  His  mind  was 
bewildered ; — an  experience  like  Luther's  with  Sa- 
tan, in  Wartburg  Castle. — As  he  was  to  preach, 
Jesus  appeared  to  him  in  the  door,  then  a  few  steps 
tow^ards  him.    Then  He  sat  down,  smiling  on  His 

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aged  disciple. — It  was  Coleman,  who  was  to  deliver 
the  discourse  at  Santa  Clara.  The  victory  and 
scenes  that  followed,  were  wonderful. 

There  was  a  student  from  the  University,  wealthy 
and  benevolent,  a  ''good  Christian"  and  church  mem- 
ber, attended.  He  fell  backwards, — convicted  of  his 
inbred  sin.  Nobody  could  hold  him.  Tumbling, 
rolling  over  and  under  the  seats,  causing  a  wild, 
confusing  effect  in  the  tent.  It  was  a  dramatic 
scene,  so  distracting  that  Bro.  Inskip  feared  their 
Mission  at  Santa  Clara,  would  prove  a  failure.  (He 
had  just  had  his  band  consecrate  to  God  for  all  that 
was  to  come.)  When  the  young  man  became 
quiet,  he  testified  with  shining  face,  that  Jesus'  blood 
had  cleansed  him  from  all  sin.  From  that  hour,  the 
work  of  the  Evangelists  began  to  sweep  all  before  it. 

It  ought  to  be  noticed  here,  that  Mr.  Inskip 
proved  himself  to  be  g-irded  with  superhuman  en- 
duements  and  sublime  equipoise,  throughout  all  the 
Meeting's,  and  on  every  occasion.  He  was  a  strong 
man,  both  in  mind  and  body.  (The  Frontispiece, 
even  to  one  not  a  physiognomist,  impresses  this 
most  deeply.) 

The  parting  at  Santa  Clara,  showed  how  that  it  is 
the  love,  agapa  of  Jesus  that  draws,  fusing  and 
uniting  all  true  Christian  hearts, — to  be  ''all  one, 
even  as  We  are  one." 

San  Francisco — Thursday,  May  25,  Inskip  &  Co. 
were  on  their  way  to  this  place — 50  miles  off.  *  *  * 


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As  the  terri1)lc  pounding  went  on,  the  battle  waxed 
hotter,  the  opposition  and  prejudice  gave  way,  and 
many  were  born  again,  reclaimed,  and  others  cleansed 
from  inbred  sin. 

Salt  Lake  City. — Monday,  June  5th,  the  holy  band 
w^ere  on  their  way  to  Mormondom. — The  Mormons 
regard  themselves  as  God's  peculiar  people,  perse- 
cuted for  Christ's  sake.  Holiness  to  the  Lord,  is 
their  motto.  But  it  was  like  carrying  coals  to  New- 
castle, to  preach  the  gospel  to  them. 

It  was  Bro.  Boole's  sermon,  one  hour  and  fifty 
minutes  long,  aimed  at  the  two  main  pillars  of  their 
Creed,  that  roused  Brigham  Young  and  his  follow- 
ing, in  the  Tabernacle ;  and  it  was  John  S.  Inskip, — 
like  the  Town  Clerk  of  Ephesus,  who  quelled  the 
rising  tumult  that  Boole's  wonderful  discourse  pro- 
voked, threatening  the  very  lives  of  the  Evangelists. 

^       ;{i       ^       ^       ^  ;)« 

Bro.  Inskip's  sermon  closing,  on  the  day  of  judg- 
ment, arraigned  the  Mormon  Bishops,  elders  and 
apostles,  face  to  face  with  the  ghosts  of  their  mur- 
dered victims,  nightly  walking  the  streets,  haunting 
the  canyons  and  in  their  mountains,  confronting 
them  at  the  judgment  seat  of  Christ. — The  effect 
was  electrical.  But  in  spite  of  all  this,  the  preacher 
was  greeted  with  applause. 


Their  Alission  ended  here,  the  company  1)oarded 

their  train  Monday,  June  20,  for  New  York. 

T.  DeWitt  Talmage,  speaking  of  this  Meeting, 
says:  ]\rormonism  never  received  such  a  shot  as 
when  the  Methodists  in  the  Big-  Tent,  preached 
righteousness,  temperance  and  judgment  to  come, 
in  Salt  Lake  City.  The  monster  sin  was  speared, 
and  his  wounds  wrankled.  The  authority  and  in- 
fluence of  the  leaders  was  shaken,  never  to  be  re- 
gained. And  some  who  were  in  bondage  to  such 
religious  despotism,  were  now  set  at  liberty. 

Mormon,  the  last  of  a  line  of  Hebrew  prophets, 
among  a  race  of  Israelites,  descendants  of  Joseph, 
believed  to  have  emigrated  from  Jerusalem  to 
America  600  B.  C,  is  said  to  have  written  the  Book 
of  Mormon. 

But  the  author  was  Solomon  Spalding  (from  1761- 
1816),  who  had  been  a  clergyman.  Joseph  Smith 
obtained  this  book,  and  claimed  it  as  a  Revelation 
from  God  to  himself,  and  used  it  as  text  and  au- 
thority for  this  new  sect. — Webster's  Unabridged 
Dictionary. 

In  1827,  Smith  professed  to  have  a  revelation,  and 
be  guided  to  where  the  Truth  was  to  be  discovered 
— near  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  written  on  plates  of  gold. 
In  1830,  he  published  this  book; — (it  was  the  very 
one  Spaulding  had  written,  as  a  Romance,  in  Scrip- 
ture style,  and  Smith  now  altered).  He,  with  one 
Sydney  Rigdon,  agreed  together  to  palm  off  this 
fraud  on  mankind  I     *     *  * 

June  27,  1844,  Smith  was  lynched  at  Xauvoo, 
111.,  by  200  men,  while  trying  to  escape  out  of  the 
jail,  pierced  by  14  bullets. — Rev.  Selah  Brown, 
Gospel  in  All  Lands. 

The  above  is  added  as  a  sample  of  Evidences  on 
which  all  Faiths  not  Christian,  rest. — Hand  Book 
of  the  Bible,, 


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Urban  A.  Ohio.  Tuesday,  Aug.  i,  'ji — It  wa-  here. 
Bro.  Inskip  took  harm  from  coup  dc  Soldi, — sun- 
stroke.   *    *  * 

Dec.  31  in  that  year,  he  writes : — My  precious  wife. 
You  will  be  amazed  when  I  tell  you  that  I  am  cured. 
*  *  *  We  took  tea  at  Dr.  Chas.  Cullis.  He  asked 
me.  why  don't  you  ask  God  to  heal  you? 

He  then  read  Tas.  5  :i4.  etc.  A\'e  then  knelt  in 
Prayer,  and  glory  to  God  I  He  fullilled  His  word." 

Obs. — Mr.  Inskip  did  not  wholly  trust  and  take 
Jesus  as  the  Savior  of  the  body  as  well  as  of  the 
Soul;  and  so,  still  clung  10  the  doctors. — Dr.  Levy 
at  this  very  season,  at  Ocean  Grove,  came  out 
against  "divine  healing^.  '  But  after  a  severe  ill- 
ness, and  raised  up  as  from  death  through  the 
Prayer  of  Faith,  was  converted,  and  told  us  the 
story  of  his  miraculous  cure,  giving-  glory  to  God. 
And  we  all  praised  the  Lord  together. 

At  Landisville  Camp  Meeting,  in  '72.  Joseph 
Barker  renounced  infidelity  : — repented  and  believed 
the  Gospel ;  and  Francis  Hodgson  was  sanctified, 
and  became  as  zealous  for  heart  purity  as  he  had 
been,  by  word  and  pen.  against  it. 

(Barker  came  and  spoke  of  his  new  found  joy 
in  our  Holy  Meeting. 

During  this  year.  Bro.  Inskip  and  his  band  trav- 
eled 20.000  miles,  held  600  meetings,  reported  1.200 
conversions  and  3,000  sanctified. 

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Till  January,  '75,  they  conducted  Evangelistic 
Meetings  galore,  in  many  of  the  different  states, 
North,  South,  East  and  West. 

Asbury  Lowrey  and  Bro.  Hughes  had  been  chosen 
to  represent  the  Christian  Standard  and  books ; 
but  the  business  had  been  going  behind,  till  it  was  on 
the  verge  of  bankruptcy. 

It  was  at  this  crisal  time,  that  W.  C.  De  Pau, 
President  of  the  Association,  came  to  the  rescue. 
Bro.  Inskip  was  chosen  to  be  both  Editor  and  Agent, 
— a  herculean  task.  He  continued  in  this  relation, 
until  discharged  from  such  office  and  Ministry  in 
'84,  to  rest  from  his  labors,  and  his  mighty  works 
follow  him. 

When  he  entered  upon  this  new  relation,  there 
were  $30,000  on  the  real  and  $12,000  on  the  floating 
indebtedness.  At  his  death,  these  encumbrances 
had  been  cleared  off. 


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Chapter  IV. 


Around  the  World  Tour. 

In   foreig-n   realms   and   lands  remote, 
Supported  by  Thy  care, 

Throug-h  burning-  climes,  they  pass  unhurt, 
And   breathe  the  tainted  air. 

It  was  in  response  to  invitations  from  over  the 
sea,  and  the  Letter  from  W.  B.  Osborne  to  Bro. 
Inskip, — which  seems  to  have  been  as  a  Macedonian 
voice  to  the  Leader  and  his  associates,  that  moved 
them  to  contemplate  such  a  heroic  Mission. — In 
truth,  we  may  think  of  Bro.  Osborne  as  the  man  of 
Macedonia,  voicing  the  purpose  of  Heaven,  (using 
Osborne  for  Amanuensis) — in  that  inspired  Epistle, 
— which,  €71  passant,  Comes  in  here  : — 

Bombay  District,  Mar.  i,  '79. — 
The  purpose  of  this  Letter  is  an  Around  the  World 
Tour,  with  your  Tabernacle.  *  *  Start  for 
England  next  Spring.  Spend  some  months  in 
Britain,  then  to  India  by  way  of  Europe,  holding  a 
Meeting  at  Rome.  Then  to,  and  from  Alexandria, 
a  run  of  two  or  three  weeks  to  Jerusalem,  and  other 
places  in  Palestine. 

Return  to  Alexandria,  up  the  Canal,  down  the  Red 
Sea  to  Bombay.    After  a  ten  days'  campaign,  then 

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by  railroad  to  the  northwest,  where  a  Meeting  would 
please  the  brethren.  *  *  *  On  to  Lucnow  or  Al- 
lahabad. Then  to  Calcutta,  where  we  have  from 
10-1200  in  Dr.  Thoburn's  church.  Thence  to  Madras 
and  on  to  Australia.  Thence  to  our  old  battle- 
ground in  the  Golden  State.  Then,  after  a  spring 
campaign,  across  the  continent  via  Salt  Lake  City. 
Give  the  twin  relics  of  barbarism  another  blow. 

Pray  over  it,  and  see  if  God  does  not  sanction  this 
movement.  I  believe  it  would  accomplish  more  for 
the  salvation  of  the  world  than  any  other  way. 

May  God  direct  and  bless  you. 

After  waiting  upon  the  Lord,  assured  it  was  in 
His  order,  Bros.  Inskip,  McDonald,  Wood  and  wives, 
took  passage  June  26,  1880,  for  Liverpool.  After 
holding  Meetings  in  England,  rousing  up  the 
churches  and  people  of  the  British  Isle,  these  spirit 
filled  and  baptised  men  and  women  embarked  Oc- 
tober 19,  on  the  Hispania  via  of  Gibralter,  through 
the  Pillars  of  Hercules,  down  the  Mediterranean  to 
Port  Said;  through  the  Red  Sea  1200  miles  to 
Aden,  over  the  Indian  Ocean  1664  miles  to  Bom- 
bay ;  arriving  Tuesday,  November  16. — Bro.  Osborne 
coming  forth  to  hail  them. 

The  first  Sabbath,  they  all  preached  and  had 
some  at  the  altar. — Thence,  we  trace  them  to  Poonah 

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November  23.  There,  after  days  in  the  Big  Tent, 
80  were  saved. — December  3,  we  find  them  back  to 
Bombay.  And  here,  to  their  mutual  joy,  they  meet 
Amanda  Smith.  It  was  so  hot,  the  place  was  like 
an  oven.  There  were  150  in  the  tent,  seeking  the 
Lord  at  one  time. 

December  22,  we  in  turn,  follow  the  apostolic 
workers  to  Allahabad, — "City  of  God,"  900  miles 
North.  They  took  second  class  fare.  The  two  days 
and  nights  it  was  so  chilly,  they  did  not  sleep ;  the 
night  watches  spent  in  "beating  their  feet  to  keep 
them  warm." 

By  January  2nd,  '81,  80  souls  were  given  them  "for 
their  hire."  Thence,  to  the  Conference  at  Bareilly, 
and  on  to  Lucknow, — so  memorable  for  the  siege  of 
the  Residency,  in  the  Sepoy  rebellion  of  1856-7. 

Here  they  divided.  Inskip,  Osborne  and  wives, 
for  Australia ;  McDonald,  Wood  and  theirs  to  return 
by  way  of  Rome.  January  21,  '71,  we  read  of  In- 
skip at  Calcutta. 

They  were  in  the  Land  of  Veda  88  days,  itiner- 
ated 2622  miles,  held  130  meetings,  visited  two  Con- 
ferences. 

February  12,  the  two  companies  boarded  their 
steamer  on  the  same  day;  one  for  Australia,  the 
other,  from  Bombay  for  England  via  Port  Said. 

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May  19,  Bro.  Inskip  bids  adieu  to  Australia.  Dur- 
ing the  eight  weeks  there,  they  traveled  800  miles, 
preached  80  times,  with  harvest  of  2500  souls.  Bro. 
Osborne  staid  behind. 

June  6,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Inskip  had  covered  the  blue 
expanse  7100  miles  between,  and  arrived  at  Hono- 
lulu. Tuesday  14th,  they  reached  the  Golden  Gate. 
On  Wednesday  29th,  they  were  at  Ocean  Grove, 
where  a  blessed,  joyful  reception  awaited  them  in 
the  Tabernacle,  Dr.  E.  H.  Stokes,  contributing  a 
poetic  welcome  home  : — 

And  are  we  yet  alive, 
And  see  each  others  face. 

Bro.  Inskip  and  wife  addressed  them,  giving  a 
touching  account  of  their  long  and  perilous  circum- 
navigation of  the  globe,  and  their  Evangelistic  work. 

The  other  party  arrived  at  Rome  March  29; 
thence,  after  one  week,  at  London.  Whence,  after 
2  weeks,  May  11,  at  New  York;  and  a  few  hours 
after,  were  in  their  New  England  home,  after  hav- 
ing traveled  30,000  miles  by  sea  and  land. 

Like  as  Osborne's  Faith,  that  such  an  evangelist- 
ic world  around  Mission  would,  even  so  I  believe 
it  has  accomplished  more  for  the  Christs  coming 
and  Kingdom, — using-  his  own  words, — "Than  in 
any  other  way." — 

Just  as  the  genius  and  Faith  of  Columbus,  in  the 
discovery  of  a  new  world,  opened  the  way  and  gave 

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a  new  impulse  and  fresh  start  to  maritime  enter- 
prise among-  the  nations;  so  the  Faith  and  work  of 
Osborne  and  Inskip  proximately,  waked  and  roused 
up  others  to  go  forth  in  obedience  to  the  Master's 
call  and  charge  to,  Go  into  all  the  world  and  "make 
disciples  of  all  the  nations."  Amen. 

Chapter  V. 

Fought  the  Good  Fight.    Finished  the  Course. 

And  in  the  twilight  of  Life's  day, 
Voices  are  calling,   "Come  away." 

It  was  at  the  request  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Lame,  that  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Inskip  made  them  a  visit  October  21,  '83. 
Bro.  Inskip  preached.  It  was  where  he  began  his 
ministry  half  a  century  before.  It  was  his  last  de- 
liverance from  the  sacred  desk. 

Bro.  Lame  says  that  he  was  elastic  and  playful  as 
a  child.  It  was  my  son's  twenty-first  birthday,  and 
he  had  received  a  gift.  Bro.  Inskip  made  the  pre- 
sentation speech,  flashing  with  humor  and  flowing 
with  pathos. — He  was  gifted  in  Prayer.  At  the 
family  altar,  the  fire  and  fervor  of  Elijah  fell  upon 
him.  Every  one  of  us  was  named  with  melting 
tenderness.  The  glory  of  his  coming  translation 
must  have  mantled  him.  My  soul  was  melted  and 
mind  almost  bewildered,  with  the  grandeur  of  his 
thought  and  langu:ige. 

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As  reminiscent  of  the  "Scenes  of  his  Childhood," 
I  would  here  mention  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Inskip's  visit 
to  M.,  the  place  of  his  spiritual  birth.  The  Smith 
shop,  and  house  his  Father  drove  him  out  of,  with 
a— "Beg-one,  you  ungrateful  wretch,  etc.;"  the  Prayer 
Meeting  in  the  house  and  conversion  of  the  whole 
family  to  God.  O  what  memories  were  aroused  up! 
The  grove  was  not  there  now;  the  people  had  all 
passed  away.  Everything  had  changed.  The  scenes 
and.  visions  of  his  boyhood  passed  afresh  in  review, 
as  they  were  to  him,  more  than  fifty  years  before. 
It  was  living  over  again,  one  of  the  most  thrilling 
and  Interesting  periods  of  his  earthly  pilgrimage. 
And 

How  dear  to  this  heart 
Are  the  scenes  of  iny  childhood  ! 

From  Round  the  World  in  1881,  he  would  rally 
from  time  to  time,  and  continue  his  work. 

During  the  last  three  months  of  his  life,  he  with 
Mrs.  Inskip,  were  at  Ocean  Grove  in  their  favorite 
Thorn  Cottage.  And  notwithstanding  his  powers 
were  failing  fast,  and  disabled  from  his  abundant 
labors,  for  which  he  had  been  so  richly  endowed 
both  by  nature  and  grace,  he  still  kept  his  Chris- 
tion  armor  bright  in  the  Master's  service.  Like  our 
Common  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  he  gave  himself  no  rest. 

In  his  last  illness,  among  his  many  personal  friends 
to  visit  and  pray  with  him,  were  A.  E.  Ballard,  P.  E. ; 
Bros.  Osborne,  Hughes,  Wallace. 


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The  course  finished,  and  fought  the  good  fight, 
the  closing  scene  of  the  battle-scarred  warrior  was 
peaceful,  triumphant.  At  the  Thorn  Cottage,  his 
earthly  home  by  the  sea,  the  Angel  of  Death  ar- 
rived Friday,  March  7,  '84,  to  transport  the  spirit  of 
J.  S.  Inskip  across  life's  troubled  sea,  to  Canaan's 
peaceful  shore,  to  meet  the  thousands  already  there 
thro  his  ministry,  with  Bro.  Cookman,  and  their 
companions ;  and  to  welcome  thousands  more,  still 
on  their  way. 

March  10,  from  the  house  of  mourning,  after  the 
last  parting  tribute  of  loving  respect,  the  funeral 
procession  sadly  took  its  way  for  Greenwood  Ceme- 
tery, N.  Y. ;  where  "Dust  to  dust,"  was  laid  beside 
that  of  the  sainted  father,  mother  and  son,  to  rest 
in  certain  hope  of  the  Resurrection  of  the  dead ; 
Bros.  Wood,  Levy,  Hughes,  Dr.  Buckley  and  S.  W. 
Thomas,  officiating. 

Farewell,  Bro.  Inskip,  honored  servant  of  the 
Lord ; —  Dear  Friend  and  Brother,  Farewell. — Part- 
ing words  of  his  biographer  Friend,  W.  McDonald, 
over  the  Shades  of  Bro.  Inskip. 

Servant  of  God,  well  done, 

Thy  glorious  warfares  past; 

The  battles  fought,  the  victory  won, 

And  thou  art  Crowned  at  last. 


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G.  M.  BRODHKAD 


BOOK  III. 


Chapter  I. 
The  Friday  Meeting. 

This  Meeting-  may  be  thought  of  as  the  radial 
point  of  the  National  H.  C.  M.  Association. 

It  looks  as  if  the  Holiness  Camp  Meeting  was 
suggested  to  Bros.  Wood,  Osborne  and  Inskip  in 
'66, — Book  II,  chapter  2,  by  the  Meeting  at  1018 
Arch  street. — 

And  if  this  be  true,  as  Bro.  Cookman  was  its 
father,  we  may  think  of  and  honor  his  name  as 
having  been  in  such  vital,  initial  relation  to  the 
Holiness  Movement,  also. 

And  how  does  such  a  view  of  the  genesis  and 
progress  of  this  "Revival,"  impress  our  mind  in  the 
Parables  of  Jesus,  in  the  grain  of  mustard  seed  and 
leaven, — in  application  to  the  law  of  progress  in 
His  Coming,  Kingdom  on  Earth  and  personal  ex- 
perience. 

It  was  rosy  June,  1865,  when  Alfred  Cookman  had 
just  led  a  band  of  men  and  women,  (who,  in  spirit, 
I  behold  washed  in  the  blood  of  the  lamb),  who 
had  been  meeting  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  Clifton; 
then  in  his  Spring  Garden  Church,  up  into  the  front 
(Preachers')  Room,  1018  Arch  street. 


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From  December  27,  '74,  we  have  been  meeting  in 
Wesley  Hall,  dedicated  Friday  before. 

In  the  retrospect,  the  time  in  this  (rear)  room, 
seems  to  me  but  as  a  dream  when  one  awaketh ;  in 
perspective,  so  shortened  through  the  vista  of  those 
passing  years. 

In  the  days  of  Cookman  and  Inskip,  (from  '67 
particularly),  our  Meeting  was  at  its  best.  Scenes 
of  Pentecostal  power  and  tidal  waves  of  salvation 
from  above,  witnessed  to  and  honoring  this  min- 
istry, in  the  doctrine  and  experience  of  entire  sanc- 
tification,  w^ere  frequent. 

Its  Founder  was  in  charge  till  called  to  Grace 
Church,  Wilmington. — His  helpers  were  J.  and  Wm. 
Stocton,  R.  V.  Lawrence, — The  earnest  Minister; 
J.  A.  Wood,  A.  Longacre,  M.  A.  Day,  S.  Pancoast, 
J.  H.  Alday. 

It  was  at  Manheim  in  '68,  that  the  fountains  of 
the  great  deep  were  broken  up.  I  do  not  forget  the 
day  of  fasting  and  prayer  for  this ;  and  add,  that 
no  extraordinary  work  of  God  is  to  be  looked  for, 
without  use  of  extraordinary  means.  Amen. 

Lizzie  R.  Smith  has  thrilled  our  hearts  with  the 
Story  of  her  Pentecost,  she  experienced  at  Manheim. 

With  Manheim,  our  Meeting  received  new  life 
blood  and  impulse,  and  both  it  and  the  Association, 
were  in  their  glory  till  the  death  of  Bro.  Inskip. 

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The  loss  of  such  a  man,  was  as  when  a  standard 
bearer  fainteth.  And  notwithstanding  the  zeal  of 
some  cooled  down,  like  as  in  the  Reformation,  and 
Revival  under  Luther  and  the  Wesleys,  after  thcjn, 
lived  on ;  so  the  gospel  fire  they  kindled,  unquench- 
able in  its  immortality,  burned  on. 

So  Cookman,  Inskip  and  associates  started  holy, 
divine  fire  in  multitudes  of  souls,  not  only  in 
America,  but  in  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa. 

Bro.  Inskip  was  both  physically  and  mentally, 
strong.  His  will,  commensurate  with  his  Faith  in 
God,  enabled  him  to  become  a  Leader  and  Com- 
mander of  the  People.  On  the  camp  ground,  his 
voice  would  ring  out  like  a  trumpet. 

Alfred  Cookman  had  finished  his  course  in  '71, — 
and  was  now  at  rest  from  his  labors. 

I  remember  his  last  calls  at  Adam  Wallace's 
Umbrella  tent  at  Ocean  Grove,  as  a  champion  fresh 
from  the  field  of  battle,  in  all  the  armor  of  his  God 
— just  after  Urbana  and  Marthas  Vineyard,  his  last 
Camp  Meeting's. 

In  the  conduct  of  our  Meeting,  Bro.  Cookman 
would  give  us  a  brief  Lesson,  to  direct  and  inspire 
our  mind  thought, — so  helpful.  Then  the  witness- 
ing, voluntary,  and  as  the  ''Spirit  moved." 

And  this  I  trow,  is  the  divine  order.  For  how 
else  can  the  Holy  Spirit  have  the  right  of  way  in 
man? — And  no  one  not  in,  or  seeking  the  grace  of 


perfect  love,  is  a  fit  person  to  preach  to  the  inner 
circles  of  the  Christ's  holy  church.  For 

Without  this  holy  fire,  this  sacred  chrism, 
The  preaching-  is  but  fine  wrought  mechanism. 

There  has  been  much  love,  unity  and  fellowship  of 
the  Spirit  in  our  Meeting,  from  the  first. 

Our  reunions  in  September,  and  Conventions  later, 
bringing  together  the  consecrated  talent  of  the  As- 
sociation, both  ministers  and  lay ; — Presbyterian, 
Baptist,  Episcopal,  "Quaker,"  have  been  times  of  re- 
freshing from  the  Lord. 

Many  thousands  of  sinners  converted,  ministers 
and  church  members  ''cleansed  from  all  sin,"  and 
hundreds  raised  up  and  started  forth  in  soul  saving 
ministries,  thro  this  new  "Holiness  Movement." 
Glory  Hallelujah ! 

In  the  bright  succession,  with  the  leading  spirits 
who  have  gone  on  before,  but  left  their  impress 
upon  mind  and  heart  of  their  hearers,  dead  and 
living  (after  those  already  named),  were:  Revs. 
G.  Hughes  and  Lowry,  Atwood,  Osborne,  Gather, 
Brindle,  Stubbs,  Meredith,  Coffman.  Friends  Upde- 
graff,  Dougan  Clark,  Flitcraft.  Deacon  Morse. 

Of  the  holy  women  In  Mcmoriam,  pass  before  us 
in  procession : — Mrs.  Clifton,  Anna  Reed,  Sisters 
Purnell  and  Editha  Lewis,  Miss  Potter,  (hiding  her 
name  under  her  nom  de  plume  Juniata),  Misses 


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Clark  and  Nettie  Vanname,  Mrs.  Boyle,  S.  L.  Keen, 
H.  W.  Smith,  Miss  Lizzie  Sharp,  Sarah  Boyd,  Annie 
Clement, — of  Bethesda  Orphans'  Home. 

Fond  loving  memory  associates  Sisters  Purnell  and 
Lewis  as  our  sweetest  singers  in  the  sixties ;  while  the 
Mrs.  Hoffman,  Fitch  Cranmer,  Evangelists,  as  angel 
visitors — (tho  not  so  few  and  far  between),  so 
gifted  in  song,  come  in  to  sing  for  Jesus.  And  such 
singers !    Hall  Mack  &  Co.,  also. 

J.  H.,  Lizzie  R.,  and  Amanda  and  Jennie  Smith,  a 
blessed  family  and  name ;  McBride,  Dolbo,  Hyde, 
Wm.  Grum  and  Mother,  Trumbauer,  Kenney,  Baus- 
man,  Hoose,  Goff,  Ridout,  Hammel,  Cavanaugh, 
Hartzell,  Maybury,  S.  A.  Zuber,  have  been  coming 
from  time  to  time,  bringing  Jesus  in  with  them. 

Of  those  chosen  to  preach  to  us,  I  feel  like  honor- 
ing the  Rev.  C.  A.  Tindley  here, — called  the  black 
S'purgeon  of  Philada. 

After  the  death  of  Bro.  Inskip,  our  Meeting  was 
in  charge  of  W.  L.  Gray,  Pepper,  Thompson  and 
Levy  successively;  till,  through  increasing  infirmi- 
ties, the  editors  of  the  Christian  Standard,  Pepper 
and  Thompson,  retired. 

Bro.  Thompson  finished  his  course  at  Mountain 
Lake  Park, — his  favorite  Meeting  (which  he  found- 
ed), Aug.  3,  '99,  when  his  vision — obscured  by  cata- 
racts, opened  upon  a  world  of  light  and  glory. 


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Oct.  5,  IQOO, — after  our  Meeting,  was  organized 
the  Philada.  Holiness  Association,  Drs.  Levy  and 
Pepper  Presidents,  Sister  Kenney  Sec'y,  Amelia 
Stewart,  treasurer. 

Our  reunion  *'Love  Feast  Home  Coming,"  on 
our  return  from  13th  St.  Church  Sept.  23,  '04,  was 
a  day  of  joy  and  gladness.  Wesley  Hall  mean- 
time, had  been  renovated  for  our  reception. 

At  the  close,  Dr.  Levy  laid  holy  hands  on  G.  M. 
Brodhead,  to  be  his  successor ;  afterward  confirmed 
by  our  Resident  Bishop  McCabe. 

Bro.  Pepper  had  gone  to  Gainesville,  Fla.,  in 
December ;  and  at  76,  March  9,  '08,  was  not,  for 
God  took  him. — We  were  born  the  same  year,  were 
much  alike,  drawing  us  closer  together. 

As  Pastor,  Editor,  Teacher,  Evangelist,  O  Bro. 
Pepper,  thro  all ; — the  toil,  trials,  dangers,  in  delicate 
health,  but  in  the  strength  which  God  supplies,  you 
have  won  a  name  like  the  ''brother  whose  praise  is  in 
all  the  Churches." 

Our  new  appointee  came  on,  Friday  Jan.  6  1905, 
and  the  place  w^as  again  filled. 

Dr.  B..  like  our  Founder,  brings  with  him  versa- 
tility of  talent,  is  well  rounded  out  and  full  of  the 
Spirit.  We  fell  in  love  with  him  for  his  works 
sake,  and  are  called  upon  to  reconsecrate  ourselves 
to  the  Captain  of  our  Salvation. 


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With  this  new  departure,  came  also  a  change  in 
the  conduct  of  our  Meeting; — the  time  given  mostly 
to  Preaching.  As  to  the  wisdom  of  this,  there  are 
two  views  : — Some  with  the  leader,  thinking  to  in- 
crease the  interest  and  attendance  thereby.  And 
also.  Christian  Perfection  more  popular  (in  the  right 
sense),  in  the  Churches. — Others,  that  even  in  the 
holiness  preaching,  there  is  not  that  which  more 
inspires  the  artesian  depths  of  man's  spiritual  nature, 
than  the  clean  cut  deliverances  of  its  live  witnesses; 
— along  with  the  blessed  fellowship  and  intercom- 
munion felt  in  such  interchanges. — Nevertheless,  the 
doctrine  and  experience, — promoting  of  Holiness,  as 
Bro.  B.  believes  to  be  the  end  of  such  a  Meeting, 
has  been  well  and  ably  advocated. 

Our  new  Presidents,  Revs.  S.  B.  Goff  and  John 
J.  Hunt,  with  Secretary  O.  R.  Heinze  and  Treasurer 
F.  N.  Hoose,  are  herewith  assured  of  our  Prayers 
and  Sympathies. 


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NOTES  FROM  MY  JOURNAL.— SUPPLE- 
MENTARY. 


CHAPTER  IL 

7,  4,  1874. — The  Methodist  Home  Journal  has  been 
purchased  by  the  National  HoHness  Camp  Meeting 
Association,  and  changed  to  the  Christian  Standard — 
at  921  Arch  Street. 

II,  2. — Phoebe  Palmer  died  this  day,  Monday,  of 
Brights  disease.  Her  "Crowning  Testimony"  is 
grand. 

Mrs.  Palmer  was  the  most  consecrated,  inspired, 
richly  and  variedly  endowed  woman,  evangelist, 
teacher  and  writer,  I  have  known.  Her  Faith  in 
God  and  sway  over  mind,  were  noticeable. 

Her  Four  years  in  the  Old  World,  with  Dr. 
Palmer,  gave  them  20,000  converted  and  sanctified. 
She  bore  the  banner  of  Holiness  at  the  fore,  under 
fire  from  some,  with  a  steady  hand;  and  was  one 
of  them  who  set  in  motion  the  Holiness  Movement 
of  1867. 

The  Guide  to  Holiness  was  at  its  best  while  she 
lived.  Her  Way  of  Holiness,  Faith  and  its  Effects, 
etc.,  were  as  Tongues  of  fire, — inspiring,  Gospel 
Evangels. 


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THE  AUTHOR'S  I.IKENESS 


12,  3,  '75' — 921  Arch  Street  has  been  purchased 
by  the  Association  to  pubHsh  the  Christian  Standard, 
and  for  the  book  business. 

20,  Mon. — Wesley  Hall  is  dedicated  this  blessed 
day. 

I,  4,  '76. — Obliged, — wife  and  I,  to  go  from  our 
Meeting  today,  on  account  of  the  Press. 

10,  21,  '76 — The  subject  of  greatest  interest  in  our 
city  home  this  Centennial  year,  hovers  around  the 
coming  of  the  Revivalists,  D.  L.  Moody  and  Ira  D. 
Sankey,  opening  their  commission  in  the  Old  Shell 
depot,  13th  &  Market  st.,  this  day. 

'Their  sound"  has  gone  forth  round  about.  The 
people  have  heard  the  Report,  and  are  coming  to 
the  Meeting,  even  from  distant  cities,  towns,  ham- 
lets, to  see  and  hear  what  God  is  doing  in  our 
midst. — 12000  inside  &  as  many  outside,  in  the  8 
A.  M.  &  P.  M.  Meetings,  is  the  report  in  the  daily 
papers. 

The  city  is  moved  by  the  Praying,  preaching,  Sing- 
ing in  the  depot.  The  Pentecostal  flame  is  being 
kindled  anew  in  our  hearts.  Hundreds  are  being 
converted,  reclaimed,  sanctified.  O  how  the  people's 
hearts  have  been  tuned  to  singing  the  Moody  & 
Sankey  Hymns !    And  we  are  reminded  of  the  Re- 

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vival  started  l)y  J.  C.  Lanphier  in  the  Fulton  St. 
Prayer  Meeting,  in  1857. 

7,  18,  '80— Miss  Maggie  A.  Potter  left  us  for 
her  Heavenly  home  Sunday,  nth  inst. 

Sister  Potter  is  the  subject  of  one  of  the 
finest  In  Memoriams  by  her  Pastor,  Enoch 
Stubbs,  I  have  ever  seen.  It  is  in  Our  Golden 
Scrap-Book,  along  with  that  of  Mrs.  Editha  W. 
Lewis  and  Mary  B.  Cookman. 

While  that  of  Sister  Lewis  and  the  Mother  of 
"Alfred"  are  beautiful,  Juniata,  on  account  of 
our  nearer  acquaintance,  beginning  in  '67,  has 
an  element  of  loveliness  not  in  the  others.  We 
met  in  the  office  of  the  Home  Journal  and  Friday 
Meeting.  She  was  our  best  Reporter,  and  fol- 
lowed the  Pillar  of  Cloud  North,  South,  East  and 
West, — along  with  Bro.  Inskip  and  his  holy  band. 
Sister  Potter  was  of  medium  height,  modest, 
humble,  if  not  also  retiring  in  her  ways ;  classic 
form  and  features.  The  face  beautiful  from  re- 
flection of  inward  adornings. 

The  flash  of  her  eye  was  peculiar,  lighting  up 
her  countenance.  Like  Mary  at  the  Masters  feet, 
she  also  had  learned  of  Him. 

Farewell  Dear  Friend  and  Sister  Potter,  we 
shall  meet  again. 


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12  3,  — Mary  Barton  Cookman  went  over  lifes 
troubled  Sea  to  rejoin  her  husband,  Saturday  morn- 
ing at  dawn,  this  date. 

It  was  on  a  visit  to  Hull,  that  Miss  Barton  met 
Rev.  Mr.  Cookman.  An  ardent,  romantic  fire  of 
love  was  kindled,  which  burned  on  unquenchable 
in  the  hearts  candelabrum,  thro  life  and  time. — 
They  were  married  April  2,  1827,  and  embarked  for 
America  next  day. 

Mrs.  Cookman  would  tell  the  sweet  story  of  her 
love  in  later  years,  to  the  young  people  about  her. — 
She  was  convicted  of  the  necessity  of  the  new  birth, 
under  the  preaching  of  Leigh  Richmond.  She  was 
more  than  a  year  passing  thro  the  shadow  of  her 
husbands  death,  till  in  1843,  in  Eutaw  Street  Church, 
Baltimore,  while  at  the  Lords  table,  (like  Susannah 
Wesley),  she  also,  received  the  witness  of  the 
Spirit ; — in  her  case,  to  her  sanctification. 

She  was  as  one  who  waited  for  her  loves  return, 
and  to  the  end  of  life  would  say; — (O  how  sol- 
emnly pathetic!)  ''George  went  away  yesterday;  he 
tarries  today;  tomorrow,  he  will  return." — Her  last 
days  were  at  the  home  of  her  Son,  John  E.  It  was 
at  the  tea  table,  she  threw  up  her  hands  and  would 
have  fallen  backwards,  but  for  loving  hands  that 
bore  her  up. 


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It  is  a  noticeable  coincidence  in  the  Cookman  Family, 
that  both  the  father  and,  son  finished  their  course  so 
early: — George  in  1841  and  Alfred  in  18  71,  and  so 
near  the  same  stage.  And  that  their  two  wives, — 
Mary  B.  and  Annie  B., —  ("Annie"  now  dying  at  89), 
both  outlived  them  so  long  ;  as  far  beyond  their  hus- 
bands funeral,  as  they  lived  from  their  nativity. 

6,  3,  '83. — $6.50  more,  were  added  in  the  Meeting 
today,  to  help  and  cheer  Dear  Mrs.  Inskip  in  her 
Calcutta  Girls  School. 

6,  15,  '84. — Our  Leader  Gray  asked  Bro.  Gather  to 
open  with  Prayer,  Friend  Flitcraft  and  Bp.  Taylor 
to  close.  Our  African  Bishop  told  us  he  had  been 
two  hours  with  Bishop  Simpson,  sick  since  General 
Conference.  He  also  told  us  how  God  had  heard  his 
prayer  in  raising  him  up  from  dying,  at  Pittsburg, 
26  years  ago.* 

10,  7. — Mary  D.  James,  nee  Yard,  died  last  week 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  W.  L.  Palmer,  in  her  chair. 
This  dear  Saint  was  a  true  and  a  tried  follower  of 
Jesus,  through  all  her  life  Mission  work,  of  un- 
daunted courage  for  the  right.  When  opposed  by 
her  husband,  who  was  of  another  mind,  her  resort 

*  It  was  in  a  Conference  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Bp.  Jaynes 
presiding,  where  the  California  St.  preacher  was  called 
upon  to  1-ead  in  the  Prayer.  The  story  from  the  pen 
of  Bp.  Bowman,  is  thrilling, — even  like  that  of  the 
raising  of  Jairus  daughter. 


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was  to  God  upon  her  knees  before  him, — to  conquer. 
She  was  intimate  with  the  Palmers,  and  much  in 
their  companionship. 

Her  "Fifty  Years  Walk  with  Jesus,"  in  the  Guide, 
came  as  heart  talks  to  its  readers. — Mrs.  James  was 
also  related  to  the  late  D.  James,  M.  D.,  of  our 
Green  Street  Church. 

II,  19,  '94. — Spoke  first  time  in  Meeting  today, 
since  that  wonderful  experience  in  our  Hospital, — 
*'My  Hospital  Days," — Friday  Sept.  28 — Saturday, 
Oct.  13,  1894- 

This,  as  recorded  in  my  Diary,  was,  I  think,  the 
most  triumphant  experience  of  my  life,  to  both  body 
and  soul.  Never  received  such  a  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  uplift,  before.  And  it  was  through 
the  baptism  of  suffering,  such  life  to  me,  was  to 
come. 

I  took  Jesus  in  with  me.  Sought  the  "inner 
chamber"  for  Prayer.  Preached  the  Christ  to  doc- 
tor, nurse,  patient;  and  expect  to  have  my  infidel 
servant,  Francis  Chevalier,  a  star  in  my  crown. 

The  mystery  of  suffering, — the  course  of  grief  and 
sorrow  in  and  through  our  heart  and  life,  may  be 
likened  to  the  fervid  lava  tide  from  the  throat  of  the 
volcano  ;  consuming,  melting,  refining  everything  in  its 
course;— the  materials  in  its  path,  purified  by  fire, 
never  again  to  return  to  corruption.  And  the  more  fer- 
vent this  fiery  baptism,  the  purer  and  more  enduring 
the  resultant  is  to  be. 


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So  it  is,  the  love  of  God  is  as  a  consuming,  refining 
fire  to  soul  and  body — 

Is  this  the  consecrated  dower, 
Thy  chosen  ones  obtain?   *    *  * 

6,  II,  '96. — At  our  ''Home"  anniversary  today,  in 
allusion  to  my  words  on  having  kept  a  Journal  from 
the  day  I  set  out  for  God  and  Heaven  at  W.,  New 
Jersey,  Dec,  '51,  John  Thompson  said  he  regretted 
that  he  also,  had  not  kept  such  a  life  Record. 

3,  4,  '97. — Doctor  Levy  leads  now,  since  Bro. 
Thompson  has  gone  into  the  Hospital  for  the  "Cata- 
racts." 

His  theme  was  "A  Vision  of  Heaven,"  symbolized 
by  a  royal  Banquet.    How  the  Spirit  helped  ug  all ! 

June,  '97. — Adjourned  to  The  Harvesters  Mission, 
and  God  has  given  me  great  joy  over  the  return  of 
John  Carson  today.  O  glory  to  Jesus !  One  more 
Star  for  the  crowning  day. — Bro.  Carson  had  been 
one  of  Dr.  Peppers  standard  bearers  in  Central 
Church.  He  told  me  I  was  the  only  one  who  helped 
him  to  rise  again. 

9,  30,  '98. — Went  in  heaviness  to  Wesley  Hall,  but 
enabled  to  speak,  perhaps,  as  never  before.  A  man 
then  bowed  at  the  altar,  and  two  women  came.  One 
was  converted. 

2,  2,  1900. — Was  so  helped  to  speak  today,  that  all 
were  moved  and  bore  witness  that  it  was  the  Spirit 

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speaking  in  me.  All  were  melted  down  and  brought 
nearer  to  one  another,  in  the  Lord.  O  bless  the 
Lord,  my  soul ! 

4,  6. — The  Master  of  Assemblies  was  present  in 
person,  to  inspire  Doctor  Levy,  (he  does  best  when 
alone).  Bro.  Dolbo,  two  reformed  debauchees,  Clara 
Boyd,  myself  and  others,  as  scarce  ever  seen  in  our 
Meeting.  O  the  liberty,  life  and  love  that  God 
gave  us ! 

5,  27,  1900. — Analysing  a  passing  trial  of  Faith : — 

1.  There  has  been  an  absence  of  joy  and  sense 
of  Gods  presence ;  an  unutterable  longing  after  Him 
to  hear  again  the  voice  of  the  Bridegroom  of  my 
disconsolate  soul. 

2.  Am  led  to  self  examination,  through  the  doubts 
and  fears  which  assail  and  harass  my  wounded  spirit 
and  weak  body ;  which  as  usual,  in  connection  with 
other  things  "common  to  man,"  is  the  occasion  of 
my  spiritual  conflicts,  depression,  etc. — But  I  am  not 
ignorant  of  Satans  devices. 

3.  Ive  felt  let  down  towards  zero,  of  little  ac- 
count with  God  or  man ;  a  poor,  weak  example  of 
the  Christ  life. —  (I  had  of  late,  started  afresh  to 
illustrate  the  life  of  my  Dear  Lord,  in  spirit,  word 
and  deed)  ;  as  if  slighted,  given  the  cold  shoulder 
by  some. 

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4-  Fears  of  losing  the  light  and  joy  of  the  Lord, 
but  determined  to  wait  upon  my  God  in  His  ap- 
pointed ways,  for  His  return  in  renewed  clearness 
of  the  Spirits  witness.  I  have  once  more  been  with 
Jesus  in  Gethsemane, — to  Calvary,  and  been  reading 
''A  Dark  Day  in  the  Happy  Islands/' — "Thou 
didst  hide  Thy  face,  and  I  was  troubled."  Why  art 
thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul  |  *  *  *  Hope  thou  in 
God,  for  I  shall  yet  praise  Him.    Ps.  42  15. 

2,  22,  '02. — Our  Pentecostal  Reunion  at  13th  Street 
Church. — And  what  a  day!  Rain  for  twenty-four 
hours,  freezing  and  encrusting  the  snow.  "An  awful 
day."  Not  such  phenomenal  weather  in  my  lifes  day, 
— 70  years.  Trees  being  denuded  of  their  branches, 
— encrusted,  and  snapping  off  in  city  and  country. 
Some  bowed  down,  uprooted  and  even  split — The 
ground  bestrewed  with  the  debris  of  falling  limbs. 
Business  interrupted  or  suspended,  telegraph  wires 
falHng. 

5,  9. — As  an  illustration  of  "Many  men  of  many 
minds,"  we  have  had,  along  in  our  Meeting,  some 
diversity ; — (which,  for  the  reader  also,  may  prove 
to  be  a  Junket,  or  a  "spice  of  life.") 

There  was  a  Father  Manks,  who  seemed  to  feel  it  his 
duty  to  speak  first  and  sing ;  one  Of  Bro.  Peppers 
"perpetual  pop  ups."    I  think  he  was  called  a  crank. 

Then,  from  time  to  time,  a  little  German,  who 
exhorts,  preaches,  rambles.  His  odd,  original  words, 
making  some  laugh.  Is  wholly  consecrated  to  God. 
Feels  he  must  preach  (in  his  way).  Has  had  a  Wagon, 
opened  a  Mission.    Stones,  rotten  eggs  etc.,  have  not 


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discouraged  the  love  of  Jesus  in  my  Dear  Friend,  Bro. 
Wr.    God  bless  you. 

Next,  an  old  friend,  so  curt,  proverbial  in  his  words 
and  ways.  Is  the  loudest  in  our  company  (unless  it 
be  Rev.  Ts.,  a  Free  Methodist,  whose  Glory  to 
God  !  Hallelujah  !  !  the  deaf  do  not  need  a  trumpet 
to  hear).  To  sum  up,  in  his  own  words,  "There  is  but 
one  J.  Ws.  in  the  world." 

A.  J.  Dolbo,  everybody  knows.  He  is  of  all  others, 
the  most  explosive,  volcanic.  A  living  miracle.  Yes, 
his  Autobiography  reveals  him  as  a  miracle  of  grace. 

Now  and  then,  a  little  Bro.  C,  who  thinks  God  has 
commissioned  him  to  preach  to  us,  and  everybody  else. 
Speaks  in  a  nasal  tone.  Is  combative,  seems  to  be 
fighting  his  way  to  Heaven.  Has  had  Several  ''rounds'* 
with  the  leaders. 

On  such  constitutional,  congenital  idiofeyhcrasies,  they 
may  only  last  till  this  mortal  puts  on  immortality. 

9,  12. — It  was  with  a  soi'rowful  heart,  that  we  read 
of  the  death  of  dear  Bro;  Osbonle,  caught  and  borne 
on  the  cow  catcher  "six  miles,"  dying  on  the  4th 
inst. 

We  had  renewed  acquaintance  at  National  Park 
Camp  Meeting,  where  Dr.  Joseph  Wardle  said 
to  him,  I  believe  you  will  get  to  Heaven.  I  re- 
spoiided,  With  many  stars  in  your  Crowrl ;  little 
thinking  that  in  less  than  two  weeks, — Sept.  4  at 
10.30  A.  M.,  Bro.  Osborne  would  have  been  carried 
to  the  skies,  there  to  reunite  with  Bro.  Inskip, — • 


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And  they,  who  with  their  Leader, 
Have  conquered'  in  the  fight 

*  4s  *  *  >|i  4t 

With  shoutings  each  other  to  greet. 
Triumphant  o'er  sorrow  and  death. 

Rough  and  original  as  a  quarry  stone,  Osborne 
was  a  great  man,  if  not  also  a  genius. 

He  was  not  only  the  founder  of  Ocean  Grove 
Camp  Meeting  and  the  moving  spirit  with  Bro. 
Wood,  in  the  Holiness  C.  M.  (He  with  Bro.  Inskip 
in  '66,  had  pledged  themselves  to  have  at  least  two 
tents  on  the  ground, — Bk.  11,  C.  II)  ;  But  started 
the  Round  the  World  tour  also,  in  i88o. 

3,  6. — Found  my  way  in  weakness,  to  our  Meeting. 
H.  C.  McBride  led  us  all  out  and  up  in  the  Spirit, 
on  John  i6:  24.  He  set  out  with  telling  us  all,  that 
there  are  $200,000,000  in  European  banks  unclaimed. 
The  depositors,  books,  etc.,  dead  or  wanting.  The 
application  to  the  goodness  of  God  and  mans  needs, 
— O  how  instructive,  suggestive  the  Lesson! 

10,  3. — The  presence  of  Amanda  Smith  in  our 
Meeting  today,  was  as  an  angel  visit ;  and  her  black 
face  only  seemed  to  light  up  the  room,  as  her  words 
and  singing  rekindled  the  gospel  fire  in  our  hearts. 
God  bless  Sister  Smith  and  her  late  Orphans  Home 
in  Harvey,  Ills. 

In  allusion  to  those  women  in  Exodus,  who  feared 
God  down  in  Egypt,  He  has  provided  for  this  woman 

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also,  a  beautiful  home  residence  at  Sebring,  Fla. — 
''The  Land  of  Flowers,"  to  bless  and  crown  her  last 
days  with  goodness. 

Called  of  Jesus, — a  poor  wash-woman,  to  "Follow 
Me,"  and  given  herself  to  the  Masters  service  both  in 
her  native  land  and  Africa,  Sister  Smith  has  been 
honored  and  sustained,  to  behold  the  wonderful  good- 
ness of  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living." 

II,  6. — Was  enabled  to  walk  to  St.  Georges — the 
funeral  of  William  L.  Gray,  80.  Fifty-two  years  in 
the  gospel  ministry.  It  was  a  very  Solemn  memorial 
service. — Bro.  Gray  was  concise,  conscientious,  pre- 
cise ;  but  some  called  it  sternness.  Our  Meeting  was, 
certainly,  about  at  its  pitch  of  interest,  while  he  was 
over  it ;  and  vv^hen  no  longer  able,  he  laid  his  mantle, 
• — in  the  presence  of  us  all,  on  Dr.  Levy. 

Dr.  Wardles  winter  visits, — his  coming  among  us, 
praying  and  speaking  so  in  the  Spirit,  we  thank  God 
and  bless  him  for.  He  comes  from  the  G.  B. 
Institute — my  Alma  Abater,  Evanston,  Ills. 

9,  15,  '05. — Dr.  Brodheads  Lesson  today, — Josh  i  : 
9,  Moses  charge  to  Joshua,  in  allusion  to  himself 
coming  to  us  in  the  room  of  Bros.  Pepper  and 
Thompson,  was  both  as  able  and  happily  applied, 
as  it  was  timely. 

3,  23,  '06. — Our  blessed  resident  Bishop  McCabe, 
filled  and  thrilled  the  place  and  people,  in  our  Meet- 
ing today. 

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II  3, — We  this  Saturday,  as  sorrowful  yet  rejoic- 
ing, have  been  called  to  the  funeral  services  over 
the  mortal  remains  of  our  late  esteemed  and  beloved 
Leader,  Edgar  M.  Levy. — From  his  21st,  for  63 
years,  a  v^orkman  in  the  Lords  Vineyard  v^ho  needed 
not  to  be  ashamed. 

He  entered  into  the  v^ay  of  Holiness,  then  our 
Meeting,  and  pubHshed  his  experience  in  a  Tract, 
'Trom  Bondage  to  Freedom,"  soon  after. 

He  was,  like  Alfred  Cookman,  one  of  the  most 
Christlike  characters  and  Ministers,  among  us ;  and 
we  all  feel  the  loss  of  such  a  man,  and  sympathize 
with  the  stricken  wife,  left  to  await  her  turn  to 
respond  to  the  Masters  call — to  meet  each  other 
again  in  Heaven. 

In  hope  it  may  meet  her  eye,  I  herewith  add  a 
verse  of  one  of  her  departed's  closing  life-day 
hymns, — so  pathetic  : — 

The  friends  g-one  on  before  me, 
Are  calling  from  on  high;*    *  * 
Why  wait  they  say,  and  wither, 
Mid  scenes  of  death  and  sin? 
O  rise  to  glory  hither, 
And  find  true  life  begin. 

12,  19. — Our  favorite  Bishop  McCabe  has  been  taken 
away  from  us,  to  rejoin  and  reign  with  his  brother 
Bishops, — who  have  passed  on  before. 

Permit  me  to  add,  that  from  our  first  acquaint- 
ance, that  crisp  New  Years  morning  in  '71 ;  when, 

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arm  in  arm,  we  walked,  (wife  with  him),  to  old 
Trinity  Church;  where,  from  Est.  4:  14— Who  know- 
eth  but  thou  art  come  to  the  kingdom,  etc.,  he  struck 
fire  in  our  hearts. 

He  was  as  a  brother  and  friend.  His  heart  and 
purse,  open  to  help  everybody.  Our  last  Meeting,— 
at  the  Hotel  Normandie,  I  will  not  forget;  I  was 
asked  to  dine  with  them,  and  also,  to  let  him  know 
if  ever  in  want  of  money. 

5/  31,  '07.— Miss  Clara  Boyd  shone  in  the  Lesson 
today,  on  Let  this  mind  be  in  you.  It  was  one  of 
the  most  jubilant  Meetings  in  all  the  42  years  of  its 
life.  Bros.  Hoople,  Bamford,  Oakes,  Brodhead, 
present. 

4,  28,  '11. — Willie  Huff,  sent  us  by  Bro.  Ridout, 
so  raised  the  Meeting  today  on.  Let  this  mind  be  in 
you ; — reminding  me  of  Seth  Reece,  years  before, 
(tho  in  treatment  and  effect  on  us,  so  different), 
when  we  were  so  broken  up  and  melted  down,  re- 
minding one  of  an  army  that  had  been  killed  and 
wounded  in  battle.  Don't  such  preaching  suggest 
how  the  words  of  the  Son  of  Man  must  have  moved 
the  listening  thousands,  in  His  day? 

2,  24. — Amos  Johnson  on,  Now  we  see  in  a  glass 
darkly,  was  Apostolic.    He  told  us  his  chief  desire 

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was  to  be  so  pure,  that  he  might  see  God  face  to 
face. 

4,  6. — I  said  to  our  Leader,  I  came  here  today, 
feeHng  cold  in  body,  but  have  been  warmed  up, 
soul  and  body.  Glory  to  Jesus  for  His  Pentecostal 
fire ! — And  it  is  Love  that  provides  its  own  fuel, 
kindles  its  own  fire ;  and  is,  like  the  sun,  self 
feeding. 

3,  9,  12. — Wesley  Hall  renewed  at  last,  the  $900, 
through  the  Preachers  wives  mostly,  well  applied. — 
Rich,  green  carpet,  electric  lights,  O  what  a  bless- 
ing to  the  eye  and  joy  to  the  heart!  It  makes  us 
feel  to  stand  on  higher,  holier  ground  and  in  a 
clearer  light.  We  Methodists,  ought  not  to  have 
been  below  Presbyters  and  Baptists,  in  the 
esthetics,  (at  least),  of  our  worship. — It  would  have 
been  joy  to  Dr.  Levy,  to  have  seen  this,  a  long 
desired  wish,  gratified. 

I,  10,  '13. — Our  new  resident  Bishop,  Jos.  F.  Berry, 
was  greeted  with  the  fullest  house  and  largest  rep- 
resentation from  city  and  country,  perhaps,  since 
the  days  of  Cookman  and  Inskip. 


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IN  MEMORIAM. 


4,  7,  '89.— The  death  of  Mrs.  EDITHA  LEWIS', 
Columbus,  O.,  April,  this  date,  and  glowing  tribute 
from  her  Pastor  L.  D.  McCabe,  in  the  Christian 
Advocate,  are  deserving  of  a  fuller  notice  than  our 
space  will  permit. 

Mrs.  Lewis  was  born  1825,  at  Annapolis,  Md.  She 
was  kin  to  John  Randolf  of  Roanoke. 

From  our  first  acquaintance,  and  then  hearing  her 
in  our  meeting  in  '65-6,  till  she  went  to  Columbus,  I 
was  impressed  both  with  the  woman  and  her  gifts. 
Her  singing  was  an  inspiration  in  our  Upper  Room. 
She  was  both  majestic  and  pleasing  in  person,  if 
not  also,  a  genius. 

At  Columbus,  she  gave  her  time  and  talents  to 
Jesus  in  prison  and  Mission  Work. — She  taught  that 
absolute  obedience  to  God  and  His  Word,  in  every 
relation  in  life,  is  the  standard  and  condition  for 
holy  living  and  service  for  gospel  ministries.  Amen. 
And  this,  in  turn,  cost  Sister  Lewis  much  sacrifice 
and  suffering. 

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Like  as  Florence  Xightingale  won  the  title  of  The 
Angel  of  the  Crimea,  so  this  woman,  that  of  The 
Angel  of  the  Prison,  at  Columbus. 

She  was  singularly  furnished  as  a  Teacher,  sav- 
ior and  helper  of  others.  She  read  the  Bible  throtigh 
nine  times  on  her  knees,  with  pencil  and  ink 
beside  it. 


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GLIMPS'ES  WITHIN  THE  VAIL 


Sept.  6,  1896. — Lords  Day — The  experience  of 
Thursday  morning  last,  when  for  two  hours  I  lay 
as  under  the  premonitory  feeling  that  the  mortal 
conflict  of  life's  warfare,  were  ending — (I  had  passed 
through  all  the  exercises,  thoughts  and  feelings  of 
the  dying  Christian),  suggests  the  above. 

Heart  and  eyes  since  Wednesday,  have  been  break- 
ing and  overflowing  with  the  thoughts  and  impulses 
of  going  home  to  Heaven.  So  little,  save  what  per- 
tains to  the  Hand-Book  and  other  unfinished  inter- 
ests, to  live  for,  or  this  world  worthy  of. 

Meanwhile,  interlusively,  the  day  impressed  me 
as  an  eventful  one ; — news  of  the  death  of  a  bro.- 
in-law,  of  the  funeral,  etc.,  came  into  my  room, — 
Mrs.  A.  off  for  the  funeral.  I  ate  a  little  at 
12  M.,  in  bed.  At  2  P.  M.,  was  at  Dear  Dr. 
W.'s — It  is  wonderful  how,  in  sickness  even,  Fm 
helped  of  Jesus  to  arise  and  attend  to  necessary 
duties. 

I've  been  on  the  borders  of  Heaven,  in  Beulah 
land,  on  the  banks  of  the  River.  My  heart  betimes, 
is  unutterably  filled ;   praying,    singing,    weeping ; 


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while  anon,  a  sense  of  unspeakable  sadness  and  sor- 
row, sweeps  over  m}-  soul.  I  walk  on  holier  ground. 
Nearer  my  God  to  Thee.  Every  word  and  act.  has 
a  higher,  holier  meaning.  I  live  for  Jesus  as  never 
before. 

Alone  with  God  since  Friday,  how  sweet  and 
quiet !  While  standing  in  the  back  yard,  heavenly 
forms  and  faces  from  above,  seemed  to  beckon  with 
outstretched  hands,  saying : 

John,  come  home, — John,  come  home ! 

Thursday,  April  12,  1900. — The  scenes  in  the  Life 
of  Jesus,  From  the  Annunciation  to  His  Ascension, 
in  our  Church  this  night,  have  made  an  impression 
on  my  spiritual  nature,  never  to  be  effaced ;  height- 
ened the  more,  as  exhibited  in  Passion  Week,  some 
parts  having  happened  this  very  day.  My  heart  and 
eyes  overflowed  with  wonder,  love  and  praise. — O 
it  was  ravishing ! — 

The  angel,  coming  in  to  Mary,  her  attitude,  and 
effect  upon  her  mind  at  Gabriels  words ;  the  holy 
quiet,  beauty,  order,  love,  illustrated  in  the  car- 
penter shop ; — Joseph  at  the  work  bench  ;  Mary  with 
the  child  Jesus,  coming  in ;  Joseph  turning  round, 
taking  up  the  lad  in  arms  and  tenderly  kissing  him. 
— O  this  part  affected  me,  of  that  for  which  mans 


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nature  above  all,  beside,  craves  in  such  a  world  as 
this, — Love  at  home. 

The  Temptation, — the  devil  appearing  to  the 
Christ  in  a  bodily  shape,  laying  his  hands  upon  the 
Son  of  God,  to  take  and  shov^  him  the  kingdoms 
of  this  world ;  only  in  turn  to  be  met  face  to  face, 
overcome,  and  then  with  head  fallen,  slink  away 
and  disappear  from  view,  in  the  background. 

The  "Last  Supper,"  Gethsemane,  the  arrest,  trial, 
crucifixion,  burial,  Resurrection,  Ascension. — O  what 
glimpse  visions  of  Jehovah,  His  power,  wisdom,  love, 
were  unfolded  to  my  Faith  this  night ! 

Throughout  the  "Scenes,"  from  first  to  last,  my 
eye  was  fixed  on  Jesus,  as  in  the  foreground ;  and  it 
was  the  vision  and  revelation  of  Himself,  that  in- 
spired the  following  verses  : — 


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I  HAVE  SEEN  THE  LORD. 

I've  seen  the  L.ord,  O  wondrous  grace! 
That   heavenly  form  and  blessed  face; 
Hew  ravished  was  my  soul  that  night! 
For  days  I  walked  in  Heaven's  own  light. 

Through  veils  of  sense  I've  seen  His  face. 
And  Time  can  ne'er  that  sight  efface  ; 
And  since  I've  seen  that  form  divine, 
I've  longed  for  Him  to  brighter  shine. 

By  Faiths  clear  eye,  to  me  was  given 
To  see  the  Christ,  the  Lord  from  Heaven  ; 
The  minds  ideal  before  me  stood, 
The  divine  Man, — the  Son  of  God. 

A  holy  hush  came  down  on  me. 
And  more  like  Him.  I  felt  to  be  : 
There  dawned  that  night,  a  brighter  day 
On  me :   The  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way. 

I  praised  the  Lord  for  such  a  \'iew. 
Apocalypse  and  ^^sion  true  : 
With  Paul.  I  now  in  deed  as  word 
Can  say,  that  I  have  seen  the  Lord. 

O  the  peace,  the  joy,  the  power. 
Came  to  my  life  that  Sacred  hour! 
Jesus  can  make  the  joy  bells  ring. 
The  wilderness  to  bloom  and  sing. 


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II. 


What  strength  of  Faith  and  fire  of  love 
From  God,  He  brought  us  from  above! 
We  for  His  sake  count  all  things  loss, 
And  joyfully  Sustain  the  Cross. 

Christ  is  the  true  Prometheon  fire 
From  Heaven^  all  mankind  to  inspire, — 
Burn  every  soul  with  Jesus  love, 
In  Earth  below  and  Heaven  above. 

I'll  follow  Jesus  where  He  leads, 
He  will  provide  for  all  my  needs. 
He  is  my  Shepherd,  Brother,  Friend, 
My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Way,  my  End. 


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GOD  IN  SECOND  AS  WELL  AS'  FIRST 
CAUSES 


8,  I,  '04— Fkom  the  pen  of  H.  W.  Smith  in  the 
February  Consecrated  Life,  comes  to  me,  Hke  a  new 
star,  if  not  also  a  sweet  surprise,  being  a  fresh 
view  of  the  Scripture  teaching  that  God  is  not  only 
in  first,  but  also  second  causes,  in  the  Christian 
life. 

She  heard  a  lady  stranger  in  a  Meeting  relate 
a  vision  she  had,  which  confirmed  her  Faith  in  this 
doctrine, — after  perplexing  trials  through  the  second 
causes,  (Slie  had  asked  of  God  to  show  her  on  this). 
Then,  after  a  state  of  darkness,  she  saw  a  body  of 
light  approach  and  envelope  her.  Then  a  voice, 
"This  is  the  Presence  of  God."  Next,  she  saw  the 
evils  and  trials  of  life  in  perspective,  but  was  made 
to  feel  easy  on  finding  that  not  a  Lion  could  devour, 
or  bullet  fly  thro  the  air  to  hit  her,  while  abiding 
in  this  Presence,  however  thin  it  might  be,  unless  it 
parted  to  let  it  pass  through. 

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Then  she  was  shown  all  the  lesser  evils  and  trials, 
daily  annoyances,  griefs,  etc.,  that  they  could  have 
no  power  to  move  or  hurt,  while  abiding  in  this 
Presence  or  light  of  God. 

How  this  both  suggests  and  impresses  our  mind 
with  the  Immanence  of  Jehovah !  That  God  is  back 
of,  in  and  through  all,  second  as  well  as  first  causes. 


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ON  RENEWING  A  FIRE 
Even  our  "daily  round,"  may  thus, — with  Prayer  and 
thanl^sgiving-,  be  made  a  means  of  grace. — 

Now  I'd  feel  Thy  Sacred  fire, 

Kindling,  flaming,  glowing ; 
Rising  higher  and  still  higher. 

All  my  soul  o'erflowing. 
Life   immortal    I  receive, 

O    the   wondrous  story! 
I  was  dead  but  now  I  live, 

Glory,    glory,  glory! 

ON  WINDING  A  CLOCK 
O  Thou  great  Architect  of  the  Heavens  and 
Earth,  Who  from  the  beginning  hast  ordained  the 
sun,  moon  and  stars,  to  run  on  in  beauteous  order, 
chiming  out  through  the  ages,  the  seasons  and  years, 
— the  chronometers  of  our  day  and  night. 

Even  as  I  wind  up  this  time  piece  for  our  guid- 
ance and  help,  so  O  my  God,  the  Holy  Ghost,  with 
Thy  hand  upon  me,  my  soul  and  bodys  powers,  in- 
spire, tone  up  the  mainspring  of  my  will ;  my  Faith, 
hope  and  Love,  to  run  on  in  harmony  with  Thy 
purpose  in  and  through  me,  even  as  it  is  in  the 
sidereal  heavens,  which  declare  Thy  glory  and  show- 
forth  Thy  handy  w^ork.  Amen. 
This  Prayer  I  make  in  Jesus  name. 

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CONCLUSION. 

From  July  4,  1874,  the  Christian  Standard  has 
been  the  Organ  of  the  HoHness  Movement,  and  the 
leading?  Evangel  of  its  class,  in  America. 

The  "Plant"  was  transferred  to  Gainesville,  Fla., 
about  the  time  Dr.  Pepper  removed  to  that  place. 

It  was  in  much  favor  while  under  the  aegis  of 
its  joint  Editors,  Dr.  Pepper  and  John  Thompson. 

It  now  goes  under  the  name  of  the  Christian 
Standard  and  Guide  to  Holiness,  with  its  base  at 
Upland,  la.,  where  the  Taylor  University  is,  and 
where  it  was  changed  from  Gainesville,  July  12,  1812. 
—All  hail  !— 

And  now,  along  with  our  thanks  to  the  Standard 
Company  and  '*Bro.  Will,"  for  serving  us  weekly 
with  its  numbers,  under  difficulties,  and  serving  their 
''List"  below  cost — ^$1  a  year. — The  sacrifice  from 
$1.50,  to  increase  its  usefulness, — a  work  of  Faith 
and  labor  of  loz'e. 

It  is  right  and  meet  for  us  to  join  with  the 
Standard  Family  and  lovers  of  its  teaching,  in 
thanksgiving  to  God,  for  having  opened  its  way  to 
Upland, —  (a  debaiichure  its  Editor,  Dear  Bro.  Dun- 
ham, had  been  longing  for),  to  a  more  central  point, 
for  enlarged  facilities  and  usefulness,  both  in  the 
Church  and  to  the  University  itself. 


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The  New  Departure  has  proved  to  be  in  Gods 
order,  and  prophetic  of  Heavens  approval  and  bless- 
ing for  its  future, — as  under  the  Personnel  of  its 
new,  consecrated  Editors  and  Manager. 

Voicing  the  call  of  our  beloved  Editors,  burdened 
with  responsibilities,  it  is  the  duty  of  every  sub- 
scriber and  its  friends,  to  help  them  keep  it  a  going; 
lest  God  should  take  our  blessing  from  us  and  give 
it  to  others. 

The  writer  wishes  to  congratulate, —  (sharing  in 
the  joy  felt  over  the  change),  its  Editorial  S'taff, 
our  Editor  in  Chief  at  Delaware,  O.,  with  Pro- 
fessor Wray,  and  Vayhinger,  its  Manager,  Presi- 
dent of  Taylor  University; — (himself  looking  to  be 
the  incarnation  of  nobility  itself), — assuring  of  our 
Prayers  for  them, — all  on  the  Paper,  books,  and 
for  the  Teachers  and  Students. 


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